Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Turning old into new – the
environmental benefit of preventing waste
at a municipal recycling park Maria Ljunggren
Söderman and David Palm
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
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Re-usable and -salable goods are unnecessarily discarded as waste
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Clear environmental benefits of moving up the waste hierarchy, from material and energy
recovery to re-use
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Promoting re-use through a recycling park is a good example of a municipality-driven waste prevention initiative
CONCLUSIONS
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
SECOND HAND SHOPS
SORTING STATION
RECYCLING
Alelyckan recycling park, Gothenburg
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Total: 500 tonnes
Products donated for second-hand sales in 2010
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Recycling park or drop-off central?
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Recycling park compared to drop-off central
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Share of product categories in climate effect reduction [%]
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Sensitivity analysis
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Clear environmental benefit of re-use:
climate effect, primary energy use, eutrophication, acidification, (toxic substances)
Benefit ranges from large to very small:
from textile and electric appliances to books
Estimated potential on a national level:
Re-use: 80 000 tonnes of products
Reduction potential: 300 ktonnes CO2-equivalents
Results
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
Contact:
maria.soderman@ivl.se or maria.ljunggren@chalmers.se
Report available in Swedish:
Ljunggren Söderman, Palm and Rydberg (2011) Förebygga avfall med kretsloppsparker. Analys av miljöpåverkan, IVL rapport B1958
Financial support:
Swedish Waste Management The City of Gothenburg
The Foundation for the Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Maria Ljunggren Söderman and David Palm
17th SETAC Europe LCA Case Studies Symposium, 2011
