--- title: SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate description: SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate image: https://chromafora.com/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-haradsudden-selmext.jpg --- [Skip to content](https://chromafora.com/insights/selmext-removes-heavy-metals-and-arsenic-from-landfill-leachate#main-content) [![chromafora-logo-white](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-white.png?width=150&height=30&name=chromafora-logo-white.png) ![chromafora-logo-green](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-green.png?width=150&height=30&name=chromafora-logo-green.png)](https://chromafora.com) Turning wastewater into renewable resources - [TECHNOLOGIES](https://chromafora.com/technology) - [ABOUT CHROMAFORA](https://chromafora.com/about-us) - [INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) - [CONTACT](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) - [TECHNOLOGIES](https://chromafora.com/technology) - [ABOUT CHROMAFORA](https://chromafora.com/about-us) - [INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) - [CONTACT](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) - [Home](https://chromafora.com) / - [Insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) / - SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate # SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate Heavy metal removal 17 April 2023 ![SELMEXT removes heavy metals and arsenic from landfill leachate](https://chromafora.com/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-haradsudden-selmext.jpg) [Customer references](https://chromafora.com/insights/tag/customer-references) Background The waste management plant in Häradsudden needed water treatment for heavy metals. Ragn-Sells was evaluating conventional technologies but also wanted to compare it with SELMEXT. **Process** After evaluation and discussions with the customer, these are the steps we took together to reach full scale operation: - On-site verification April 2020 - Full scale installation May 2021 - Targeted elements: Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Pb - Installation scope: Pre-treatment, SELMEXT treatment, including full service operational commitment - Treatment volume: 50,000 m3 per year *“After running the SELMEXT treatment for a while, I’m very satisfied and pleased that we chose to go with Chromafora’s technology.”* Erik Gustafsson Unit manager, Ragn-Sells **Results** - More than 65,000 m3 treated to date, with verified results - Expansion of capacity to 90,000 m3 per year - PFAS-treatment with SELPAXT to be added in 2024 [CONTACT US](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) [Back to insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) ### Related insights [![The SELPAXT technology emerges as leading solution for PFAS removal](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/puff-upgrades.jpg?width=352&name=puff-upgrades.jpg) The SELPAXT technology emerges as leading solution for PFAS removal Press release Feb 14, 2024](https://chromafora.com/insights/the-selpaxt-technology-emerges-as-leading-solution-for-pfas-removal) [![Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-customer1.jpg?width=352&name=insight-customer1.jpg) Removing short chain PFAS from landfill leachate Customer references Mar 4, 2024](https://chromafora.com/insights/removing-short-chain-pfas-from-landfill-leachate) [![New Swedish technology recovers metals from water from an LKAB mine](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/INSIGHTS/insight-LKAB.jpg?width=352&name=insight-LKAB.jpg) New Swedish technology recovers metals from water from an LKAB mine Press release Mar 11, 2022](https://chromafora.com/insights/new-swedish-technology-recovers-metals-from-water-from-an-lkab-mine) [![Large-scale PFAS treatment at the Högbytorp recycling plant](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-post-image.webp?width=352&name=blog-post-image.webp) Large-scale PFAS treatment at the Högbytorp recycling plant Press release Oct 11, 2022](https://chromafora.com/insights/large-scale-pfas-treatment-at-the-hogbytorp-recycling-plant) [![Oliver Colett](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/insight-exjobb.jpg?width=352&name=insight-exjobb.jpg) Leachate treatment methods evaluated in a new project at KTH News Apr 20, 2023](https://chromafora.com/insights/leachate-treatment-methods-evaluated-in-a-new-project-at-kth) [MORE INSIGHTS](https://chromafora.com/insights) [![chromafora-logo-white](https://chromafora.com/hs-fs/hubfs/LOGOS%20and%20ICONS/chromafora-logo-white.png?width=120&height=24&name=chromafora-logo-white.png "chromafora-logo-white")](https://chromafora.com) ### CONTACT Chromafora AB Vretensborgsvägen 20 126 30 Hägersten, Sweden +46 8 23 53 50 Kildemarksvej 3 4200 Slagelse Denmark BluePoint Brussels Blvd Auguste Reyers 80 1030 Brussels, Belgium [Get in touch](https://chromafora.com/contact-us?purpose_of_inquiry=General) ### INSIGHTS Stay up-to-date with the latest news, articles, videos and more [Go to Insights](https://chromafora.com/insights) ### NEWSLETTER Get the latest Chromafora news to your inbox Chromafora is an innovative cleantech company offering water treatment technologies for removing contaminants while reducing waste through selectivity. 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