Sortera invests in circular soil treatment in Gothenburg

Sortera is taking an important step to increase the opportunities for circular management of excavated soil and materials in the Gothenburg region. Through the acquisition of Schakt i Väst, Sortera gains access to a strategically located facility in Säve, with a permit to receive and recycle up to 600,000 tonnes of excavated soil and material per year. As part of the investment, Sortera will establish a soil washing facility at the site. The investment is being made to increase the recycling rate and circularity of excavated masses, reinforcing Sortera's commitment to circularity and supporting the broader transition toward a more sustainable industry.

The new facility is located at the former Säve Airport site, close to Sortera’s existing operations in Torslanda. The area is set to undergo extensive development, with new industrial and commercial developments expected to generate large material flows in the coming years.

The increased capacity will enable Sortera to receive, treat and recirculate significantly larger volumes of excavated soil and materials locally. This is well aligned with the City of Gothenburg’s ambitions for more circular soil and material management and its goal to reuse and recycle, by 2030, all surplus materials considered technically and environmentally suitable.

“Gothenburg is facing major investments and extensive urban development in the coming years. This will generate large volumes of excavated soil and materials that need to be managed sustainably. With this investment, we are strengthening our capacity and can help ensure that more material is treated and recirculated locally instead of becoming waste. This is good for our customers, for Gothenburg and for the transition towards more circular material flows,” says Sebastian Wessman, CEO of Sortera.

“We have been working on the development in Säve for several years and see a great opportunity in now being able to develop it together with Sortera. The combination of our experience and Sortera’s expertise and material flows gives us entirely new opportunities to recycle excavated soil and materials on a large scale and return recovered sand and stone to the market as new products. I am really looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together,” says Martin Steen, CEO of Schakt i Väst.

For existing customers, the acquisition provides access to a broader range of services, greater capacity and more opportunities to receive support throughout the entire material flow – from transport and handling to treatment, recycling and finding new uses for recovered materials.

Contact

Johan Skårbratt, Head of Business area Materials at Sortera johan.skarbratt@sortera.se

Vendela Dellner Head of Marketing and Communications at Sortera vendela.dellner@sortera.se