The present invention relates to a sustainable regeneration process for metallurgical plant dusts and sludges for producing iron-containing, heavy metal-depleted secondary raw materials and recovering lead and zinc, by providing a first starting material which comprises at least one iron, zinc, lead and further heavy metal components containing metallurgical plant dust and/or sludge, and a second starting material containing at least one chlorine component, mixing the starting materials and drying the mixture, pyrolyzing the mixture for expelling zinc, lead and further heavy metal components, capturing the gas phase of the pyrolysis in sulfuric acid, and providing the residue which remains as an iron-containing secondary raw material depleted in zinc, lead and further heavy metal components.