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?
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.
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.
Expanded plastic must be recycled to a greater extent
The project was carried out in collaboration with Bergfald Miljørådgivere and SALT Lofoten. An interdisciplinary collaboration has provided a report to the Norwegian Environment Agency showing the status of EPS, within production, waste management and possible measures to reduce littering.
Waste facilities have different frameworks and conditions
Norwaste har kartlagt ulikheter i hvordan statsforvalterene stiller krav til avfallsanlegg som mottar, mellomlagrer og behandler avfall. Kartleggingen viser at det er forskjeller i krav til avfallsanlegg, både fra fylke til fylke, men også innad i samme fylke. Det er forskjeller i oppbyggingen av tillatelsene, hvordan innholdet er strukturert, hvilke krav som er stilt og […]
The development of Extended Producer Responsibility in Ghana and other middle income countries
Together with Plastic REVolution Foundation, Norwaste has mapped the development of extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Ghana and comparable middle income countries with some success in regulating EPR.
Report: Possibilities for pyrolysis of mixed plastics
Norwaste has investigated possibilities for material recycling of mixed plastic with pyrolysis on behalf of the Trade's Environmental Fund.
