In July 2026, the 6th "Specialized Exchange Conference on Aluminum Ash, Scrap Residues, and Red Mud Utilization and Harmless Disposal" was held in Foshan, Guangdong. This conference brought together hundreds of professionals from electrolytic aluminum, alumina, hazardous waste disposal and utilization enterprises, research institutions, and industry management departments. They conducted in-depth discussions on the source reduction, comprehensive utilization, and harmless disposal of solid wastes such as aluminum ash, scrap residues, red mud, aluminum profile sludge, and bauxite tailings. Create Analytical Instrument made its debut at this conference and exchanged with the guests the solid waste industry detection solutions of the spectrometer. 
In January 2026, the State Council issued the "Solid Waste Comprehensive Management Action Plan", clearly proposing to establish a comprehensive solid waste management system that includes source reduction, process control, end-of-pipe utilization, and full-chain harmless management. It also set a target of achieving an annual comprehensive utilization of 4.5 billion tons of bulk solid waste by 2030. Under this policy framework, the solid waste industry has an increasingly urgent need for precise and efficient detection technologies - whether it is the assessment of the recovery value of valuable elements in aluminum slag or the verification of environmental safety after the harmless treatment of red mud, all rely on accurate elemental analysis data. 
Create Analytical Instrument was invited to participate in this conference. At the event, they demonstrated the application solutions of ICP spectrometer and benchtop X-ray fluorescence analyzer in the field of solid waste detection, and shared their detection experience with the attendees. 

During the technical exchange session, the technicians from Create Analytical Instrument focused on introducing the key points for the detection of solid waste samples. Solid waste has diverse sources and complex compositions, often containing various heavy metal elements such as lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, and arsenic. The benchtop X-ray fluorescence analyzer can conduct rapid and non-destructive elemental analysis on solid waste samples. By placing the pre-treated powder or pressed sample into the instrument, the content information of multiple elements can be obtained within tens of seconds. This capability helps enterprises quickly screen the material composition during the material entry process, determine whether it is suitable for the subsequent processing procedure, or whether it needs to be separately subjected to harmless treatment. 

For scenarios requiring more precise quantitative analysis, the ICP spectrometer from Create Analytical Instrument plays a crucial role. The ICP spectrometer has high sensitivity and its detection limit can reach the ppb level, enabling accurate quantitative analysis of trace elements. When assessing the environmental safety of the products after solid waste treatment, or conducting compliant detection of trace heavy metals in leachate, the ICP spectrometer can provide more reliable data support. 
The representative of Create Analytical Instrument stated that X-ray fluorescence analyzers and ICP spectrometers each have their own advantages in solid waste detection. When used together, they can help solid waste treatment enterprises establish a relatively complete element detection system, providing technical support for the resource utilization and harmless disposal of solid waste. Through participation in this Foshan conference, Create Analytical Instrument and industry experts had in-depth exchanges on technical difficulties in solid waste detection. In the future, they will continue to focus on spectral analysis technology and contribute to the high-quality development of the solid waste industry.