Lahti is about to participate in an international research and pilot project that will investigate, among other things, the reuse of brick and block waste.
Lahti and its partners will explore how to use demolition waste, which is difficult to recycle, to clean up stormwater.
For example, there are no reuses for brick and block waste, some concrete waste and mineral wool insulation.
The new project aims to make a filter mixture from this waste, which will first be tested in a soil laboratory in Jokimaa and then in pilot ponds in Lahti.
Lahti’s cost share of the multi-year research and pilot project is around half a million euros. The Vitality and Employment Division will discuss the matter on Monday, October 10.
LUT University, University of Helsinki, Tallinn University of Technology, Harju County Federation and Smiltene municipality from Latvia are also participating in the storm water filtration project.
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