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Analysis of Nordic regulatory framework and its effect on waste prevention and recycling in the region

Author : Papineschi, Joe

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 46,72 MB

Release : 2019-04-23

Category : Nature

ISBN : 9289361042

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At an important time in Nordic Waste Policy, as the 2018 Circular Economy Package makes significant updates to key European Union directives, this work looks back at the Nordic regulatory framework for waste from the 1970s and its effect upon waste prevention and recycling.At an important time in Nordic Waste Policy, as the 2018 Circular Economy Package makes significant updates to key European Union directives, this work looks back at the Nordic regulatory framework for waste from the 1970s and its effect upon waste prevention and recycling.



Advancing a Circular Economy

Author : Stephen M Jones

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 177 pages

File Size : 40,50 MB

Release : 2021-03-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 303066564X

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This book explores an escalating modern-day crisis; managing waste in a sustainable way. The central question posed is whether advancing a circular economy provides a way to shift waste management practices towards more sustainable approaches. It begins with an in-depth analysis of the nature of waste management and the prevailing crisis, followed by a discussion about the circular economy in terms of its requirements and the challenges of implementation. The book then moves on to propose a framework that sets out how to establish the policy changes needed to advance a circular approach to waste management. Next, the book outlines complex issues in multilevel systems for advancing a circular economy through examining the contemporary situation in Belgium and Norway. It ends by bringing together the issues revealed in these case studies and draws insights for governments advocating circular approaches. The book will be a valuable resource to scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers interested in developing more sustainable methods of waste management.



How can the Nordic mix of policy instruments become more effective?

Author : Pedersen, Jakob Louis

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 47 pages

File Size : 49,39 MB

Release : 2021-09-29

Category : Science

ISBN : 9289371153

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2021-539/ The Nordic economies are strongly integrated but have chosen different pathways and climate policy instruments to reduce their climate impact. Therefore, the Nordic economic actors have different incentives, even though they operate in the same integrated markets. This can lead to negative spill-over effects on neighbouring countries.This report presents examples of such negative effects within transportation, waste management, energy production. Following an analysis of these, the report identifies a series of barriers for the countries to avoiding the counterproductive, spill-over effects. The report concludes by summing up recommendations for possible improvements the Nordic collaboration.The report has been prepared by COWI. It has included a desk study, stakeholder interviews and two cross-Nordic workshops to verify the findings and identify Nordic challenges and opportunities



Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste

Author : Siv Marina Flø Grimstad

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 29,48 MB

Release : 2023-07-31

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 3031310586

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This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, industry and government agencies following a triple-helix approach. Discarded fishing gear constitutes a large part of marine plastics. Preventing future discharge of fishing gear into the ocean is a vital step in combating plastic pollution. Circular economy is one of the tools in the European Green deal, targeting waste minimisation. Closing the loop for waste fishing nets by transferring them to a resource could be a solution for preventing discharge at sea: exploring this opportunity is at the core of this book.



OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Finland 2021

Author : OECD

Publisher : OECD Publishing

Page : 171 pages

File Size : 42,64 MB

Release : 2021-12-13

Category :

ISBN : 9264378634

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Finland has a strong reputation as a leader in environmental policy and sustainable development. It committed to become carbon neutral by 2035 and to pioneer the world’s first circular economy.



BAT for combustion and incineration residues in a Circular Economy

Author : Hjelmar, Ole

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 46,85 MB

Release : 2022-09-28

Category : Science

ISBN : 9289373598

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-542/ Combustion of biomass and incineration of solid waste and sewage sludge are important parts of the energy production and waste management infrastructure in most of the Nordic countries, but they also produce substantial quantities of residual waste in terms of bottom ash, fly ash and flue gas cleaning residues which contain potentially harmful substances in various amounts. Preferably, the ashes and residues should be treated and utilised as part of the Circular Economy. The project provides an overview of the utilisation options, including environmental and treatment requirements, and of the associated technical and regulatory frameworks and practical conditions of utilisation. Compliance of combinations of treatments and applications of ashes and residues with Best Available Techniques (BAT) has been assessed, and seven Nordic BAT candidates have been proposed and described in detail.



LCA for treatment of wood waste in the Nordics

Author : Aho, Jatta

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 103 pages

File Size : 10,36 MB

Release : 2022-10-05

Category : Science

ISBN : 9289373776

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-539/ The environmental impacts of several scenarios for wood waste’s treatment were studied via life cycle assessment (LCA). The scenarios were modelled via both attributional and consequential approaches to LCA. The ALCA results indicate that producing insulation from wood waste appears to be a good alternative to incineration, whereas incineration outperforms the production of all the other recycled products studied (particle board, composite, bioethanol, biochar, and textile fibre). When the substituting products and marginal energy are considered in the CLCA, other recycled products too seem to show good environmental performance relative to incineration. Textile fibre from wood waste is a solid alternative to producing viscose and cotton, and if marginal energy with even smaller environmental impacts than biomass were used, other products could well become compelling alternatives.



COMMON WASTE SORTING SYMBOLS IN NORDIC COUNTRIES

Author : Gripwall, Anna-Carin

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 15 pages

File Size : 46,85 MB

Release : 2021-10-14

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9289371412

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Available online: https://pub.norden.org/nord2021-059/ Until recently, communication on waste sorting and treatment differed from country to country and often from municipality to municipality in the Nordic countries. In 2017, a national pictogram system was launched in Denmark and in 2020 the system was launched in Norway, Sweden and Iceland. The plan is to launch it in Finland in 2022. Through the use of the same waste symbols, citizens can receive the same communication on waste sorting, making it easier for all citizens to sort their waste correctly and thereby contributing to an increase in material recycling. With funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Nordic municipal waste organizations have worked together to implement this system in our countries.



Towards a new Nordic textile commitment

Author : David Palm

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 182 pages

File Size : 42,54 MB

Release : 2014

Category :

ISBN : 9289327987

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This report is the primary outcome from Part I of the project “Towards a new Nordic textile commitment - Collection, sorting, reuse and recycling” initiated by the Nordic Waste Group (NAG). The report for Part 2 will be published in December 2014. This report summarizes the work carried out in 2013. The four subreports will be the basis for the work to be performed in 2014 with the aim of creating a Voluntary Commitment and a Code of Conduct. The reports for 2013 are: • Mapping of current actors in the collection, sorting, reuse and recycling of used textiles and the management of textile wastes • Literature review of the traceability of global textile flows. • Definition and documentation of operational and best practice standards in the collection, sorting, reuse and recycling of used textiles and management of textile wastes. • Comparison with waste management of other waste streams. The report is part of the Nordic Prime Ministers’ overall green growth initiative: “The Nordic Region – leading in green growth.” Read more in the web magazine “Green Growth the Nordic Way” at www.nordicway. org or at www.norden.org/greengrowth



PVC waste treatment in the Nordic countries

Author : Anna Fråne

Publisher : Nordic Council of Ministers

Page : 123 pages

File Size : 49,16 MB

Release : 2019-02-18

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9289359692

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The aim of the project was to map PVC waste streams in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The available estimates are made occasionally, mostly within the frames of different projects and are not based on any formalized official reporting system or other rigorous accounting scheme. Overall, a large part of PVC waste ends up in mixed waste fractions and is eventually treated in waste-to-energy plants. Landfilling of PVC waste is banned in two countries, but some exceptions exist. Norway is the only country that treats some PVC waste as hazardous waste. The current waste treatment situation in the four Nordic countries is driven by several factors, such as diverse origins of PVC products, some specifics of the Nordic market, rather low focus on PVC waste in policy strategies or plans, technical issues regarding incineration of PVC waste, and the lack of domestic recycling.