The enterprise's self-developed heat-treatment-free alloy for integrated die-casting is widely used in automotive parts production.

According to data from the Shanghai Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the comprehensive utilization rate of general industrial solid waste in the city increased to nearly 98 percent in 2024, a leading position nationwide. The authority has been facilitating networks into leading domestic platforms for information services and transactions regarding renewable resources.

Chen Wei, head of the soil ecological environment division at the bureau, said that Shanghai has "basically achieved full-process harmless treatment of solid waste". The focus is now on breakthroughs in reduction at the source and better utilizing such waste as resources, elevating solid waste management from regulated disposal to building a resource recycling system, he said.

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