The article discusses the tasks of the development of foundry production at the present stage, the issues of its energy efficiency, material consumption and environmental friendliness. It is shown that advanced achievements in the field of foundry technologies, purification of dust and gas emissions, recycling of secondary energy resources (SER), recycling of metals, regeneration of materials, processing and use of man‑made waste, allow us to talk about a modern foundry as a model of energy‑efficient, environmentally neutral production of the future.