NEW REPORT: COASTAL TRANSPORT AND CIRCULAR VALUE CHAINS FOR WASTE. HOW DOES THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY ALTER TRANSPORT NEEDS?
The transition to a circular economy is changing the transportation needs for waste and secondary raw materials. Are Norwegian municipalities prepared for this change?
Norwaste assisted Norfund invest in circular economy
Norwaste is proud to have supported Norfund in its investment in plastics recycling in Ghana.
Plastic packaging is not just plastic packaging.
Norwaste has examined product residues in plastic packaging and the differences between plastic packaging from centrally sorted residual waste and source sorting.
Norwaste has mapped the amount of litter being cleaned up in Oslo and the cost to the municipality.
370 tons of plastic litter are cleaned up annually under the auspices of the Oslo municipality. Half of this consists of single-use plastic. The costs for this will soon have to be covered by the producers.
Does the circular economy lead to increased maritime transport?
Increased requirements for source sorting and post-treatment are changing transportation needs and value chains for waste streams. Norwaste is investigating the potential for collaboration between ports and waste holders to achieve cost-effective and climate-efficient logistics.
How to prevent littering around recycling points
Norwaste and Hold Norway Clean, with funding from the Retailers' Environmental Fund, have produced the report "Prevention of littering around recycling points." The report offers various measures and advice aimed at assisting municipalities and waste management companies in reducing littering. Sirkel, Fretex, and Sandnes Municipality have also contributed to the project.
Roadside litter
This summer, Norwaste has surveyed littering along three roads in Innlandet county. This is part of Hold Norway Clean's project "På rett veg", with assistance from Mesta and Innlandet county council.
How much cigarette butt litter is cleaned up in Norway each year?
Littered cigarette butts pose an environmental problem. Until now, there has been a lack of knowledge about what quantities it makes up.
Trondheim reduced the misclassification of food waste
Norwaste has performed picking analyzes of household and commercial waste in Trondheim municipality
Norwaste maps litter in Oslo municipality
In collaboration with the City of Oslo, Norwaste has received support from the Handelens Miljøfond to map littering in Oslo. The project will provide key figures on annual plastic waste from the most important clean-up activities in Oslo municipality. Today, there is no total overview of the littering situation in Oslo, the project will therefore contribute valuable insight and data on the amount and type of waste that goes astray through littering.
