With increasing ambitions for material recycling and a more circular economy, stricter requirements are being imposed on how municipalities and waste operators manage, document, and report waste. This has become particularly evident through recent tightening of the Waste Regulations. At the beginning of 2025, the requirements were further strengthened, with new provisions for the sorting of additional waste fractions and the introduction of specific target requirements for sorting rates. In addition, a new provision on documentation obligations (§ 10a-7) was introduced, requiring municipalities to have knowledge of—and be able to document—the level of achieved sorting.
As a consulting firm with extensive experience in the waste sector, Norwaste has in recent years established itself as a leading provider of waste analyses, formerly known as sort analyses. We have assisted numerous municipalities and waste companies in conducting detailed analyses of their waste, providing valuable insights into how waste can be managed more efficiently. Our services include:
We offer comprehensive waste analyses that provide a clear overview of waste composition. With extensive experience in household waste, waste from recycling stations, commercial waste, and litter analyses, we can assist you at every stage—from planning and execution to reporting.
The results are presented in a clear and actionable manner, enabling them to be used to document the impact of measures, assess the current situation, comply with the Waste Regulations, and support strategic work and communication—both internally and externally.
We help you calculate the sorting rate for different types of waste. This provides an accurate picture of how effective the sorting is and makes it possible to track progress over time. The results can be used to identify areas for improvement and implement measures where they will have the greatest impact.
Based on our analyses, we can also calculate the proportion of fossil-based material in the waste. This provides important insight into which fractions contribute most to greenhouse gas emissions and can serve as a basis for measures that reduce environmental impact and increase circular resource use.
To provide an even better understanding of waste data, we offer presentations and reports in Power BI. With Power BI, we can visualize complex datasets in an intuitive and interactive way, making it easier to identify trends, pinpoint areas for improvement, and present the data to decision-makers and the public.
Waste management is governed by extensive regulations. Different types of waste are handled within different value chains, some more effectively than others. What is waste to one entity can be a valuable raw material to another. To establish robust value chains, thorough insight, understanding, and expertise within waste, recycled materials, and the market are necessary. Norwaste will contribute to ensuring that your business can succeed, whether you aim to increase the value of your waste or by-products by turning them into recycled raw materials in a circular economy, improve your waste management, or develop new markets.
Waste management is a complex industry. New technology offers significant opportunities for creating new and improved value chains, whether it's in collection, sorting, treatment, or disposal. Norwaste possesses expertise in regulatory frameworks, technological solutions, waste value chains, and the market for recycled raw materials, enabling you to succeed in your business endeavours.
With our long experience of state and municipal decision-making processes, we can make a difference for authorities and municipalities and municipal waste companies, whether the need is related to regulatory development, municipal waste plans or other plans and procurements.
In many parts of the world, the challenges surrounding waste management are significant. Lack of collection and a sound and sustainable waste treatment cause plastic to spill onto the sea and is the largest source of marine waste globally. The need to put in place systems for collection and handling of waste resources is urgent. At the same time, the infrastructure is deficient, and a large informal sector is in many places the only contributor to recycling. Norwaste has the knowledge to understand complicated structures and to help projects succeed.
Our goal is to help people in the best way possible. this is a basic principle in every case and cause for success. contact us today for a free consultation.
