State of the art, circularity in transport infrastructure

Purpose and goal:

The project aimed to create a better knowledge base for InfraSweden in the area of circularity ahead of this year´s call for proposals and also for the current innovation competition with a focus on circular solutions within the transport infrastructure.

The project´s objective was to carry out a state-of-the-art study in the area of circularity using both literature and expert interviews. Expected results and effects:

The project has resulted in a better understanding of important innovation areas within circularity that are relevant to InfraSweden and that the program can contribute to. The project´s results have been used in the work with the current call for proposals and innovation competition. It has also led to deeper collaboration with Re:Source. A couple of strategic projects in the area are also discussed.

The project contributes to achieving the program´s impact goals by addressing the circularity challenges that are most urgent and have the greatest chance of having an impact. Approach and implementation:

Literature searches in national and international databases were performed using VTI´s library resources. Produced publications were sorted in the areas of "Overall", "Materials recycling", "Mass handling", "Road" and "Railway". The most relevant publications were studied and the conclusions used in the program´s work with, above all, current call for proposals but also innovation competition and potential strategic project.

Parallel to this, discussions were held with the Re:Source program and with some experts in the field.