New report: More building materials can be recycled
In a report, IVL the Swedish Environmental Institute and KTH have mapped the potential for increasing the recycling of materials in Sweden.
IVL The Swedish Environmental Institute and KTH have mapped the potential to increase the recycling of materials in Sweden. The conclusion is that the possibilities for improvement are good, but government policy measures are required.
The construction sector generates approximately 9 million tons of waste per year and should be able to improve on recycling materials. This appears in a new report by the IVL Swedish Environmental Institute and KTH. Read the report, click here.
Linda Nohrstedt's article in Ny Teknik 2014-06-27 addresses this report and states that the current statistics show that waste in Sweden is increasing. According to scenario calculations, the amounts of waste risk doubling by the year 2030.
A large part of the waste that is currently incinerated could be recycled and used again, which would provide an increased environmental benefit, according to the report.
The construction sector is singled out as an area where material recycling can be improved. It is the social sector that, second only to the mining industry, generates the most waste. It was 9.4 million tonnes in 2010, which corresponds to approximately 39 percent of the total waste flow (mining waste excluded).
The report describes ten different policy instruments that could increase material recycling in Sweden. This involves, for example, introducing requirements for material recycling for construction and demolition projects, and introducing requirements for the sorting and material recycling of waste from businesses and households.
Read the entire article in Ny Teknik