The recoveryRecovery ofElectric arc furnace dust zinc from zinc-bearing industrial waste streams represents a critical pathway for resource sustainabilitySustainability and environmental management. The state-of-the-art treatment via the Waelz kiln is optimized regarding coke consumption and is economically favorable, but still comes with significant drawbacks, including a still substantial carbon footprint and the underutilization of metal recoveryMetal recovery mainly Fe, but also Zn. Dust2Value process, a pioneering approach, is designed to overcome these drawbacks and enhance the efficiency and environmental compatibility of zinc recoveryZinc recovery. This innovative process utilizes hydrogen to reduce and evaporate ZnO to gaseous Zn, followed by re-oxidation with H2O to recover both the reduction/evaporation enthalpy and the reducing agent. Moreover, the use of hydrogen allows to optimize process conditions, allowing for an increased recoveryRecovery rate of zinc oxide and the production of secondary-grade direct reduced iron (DRI) with high metallization and low sulfur concentration, which is marketable back to steel producers.