Essays about: "eu transport"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 146 essays containing the words eu transport.

  1. 21. Burn or Return? Evaluating Deposit Return Systems for Plastic Packaging Waste in Sweden : A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Martin Forsman Hedman; [2022]
    Keywords : Resource management; reuse; deposit return scheme; circular economy; polypropylene;

    Abstract : Plastics have become an integral part of modern life and global use is expected to grow almost two- fold until 2040. 40% of European demand for plastic raw materials is driven by the packaging industry and being a cheap material, focus on waste management has historically been neglected. READ MORE

  3. 22. How does different production systems affect the welfare status of pigs from farm to abattoir? : developing and evaluating animal welfare protocols

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Julia Carlsson; [2022]
    Keywords : behaviour; direct observation; human-animal interaction; loading; unloading; lairage; driving race; slaughter;

    Abstract : The welfare of livestock animals is of great importance among Swedish citizens and has economical importance for the profitability of the pig production. On the day of slaughter, pigs are exposed to new environments and interactions that may compromise their welfare. There are different pig production systems in Sweden e.g. READ MORE

  4. 23. Kommunikation i arbetet kring invasiva växter : fallgropar och förbättringspotential i kontexten ansvariga myndigheter, offentligt ägd mark och upphandlade skötselentreprenörer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Louise Höjermark; Erika Öist; [2022]
    Keywords : Kommunikation; invasiva främmande arter; bekämpning; grönyteskötsel; skötselentreprenör; offentlig beställare;

    Abstract : Invasiva främmande växtarter utgör ett stort hot mot biologisk mångfald världen över. Att hantera dem är en kostsam och komplex process med flera aktörer involverade. I Sverige har markägaren det juridiska ansvaret att på sin mark bekämpa invasiva arter reglerade av EU-förordningen (1143/2014). READ MORE

  5. 24. Salvaging Death Worlds : Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Biogas and Biofertilizer Production Systems on Gotland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Erik Johanson; [2022]
    Keywords : Peculiar competencies; dissipative structures; frontrunners; necropolitical power;

    Abstract : Utilizing an interdisciplinary, multi-level perspective analysis this thesis reviews niche- regime-landscape interactions (analogous to the clusters of actors working at the local level of Gotland representing niche; the regime being national governance goals; and the landscape incorporating global level affairs and institutions such as the European Union (EU)) and their (mis)alignments within the biogas/biofertilizer production system of Gotland, Sweden, a small-island case study for energy-food-transportation transition and sustainable destination development. The study analyzes the heterarchical and polycentric development of biogas on Gotland—a socio-technical niche, nested within a larger energy regime and global landscape for transition—developing an understanding of (mis)alignments of pressures interacting on, at, and between the niche-regime- landscape as they combine with the peculiar competencies, as Loorbach describes, “creative minds, strategists, and visionaries” of a cluster of actors working in the food- energy-transport nexus on the island (2010, p. READ MORE

  6. 25. The future noise mapping model in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Teknisk akustik

    Author : Johanna Sturk; [2022]
    Keywords : Mechanics; Acoustics; Noise Emission; Noise Mapping Model; CNOSSOS; Nordisk beräkningsmodell; Mekanik; Akustik; Buller; Beräkningsmodell; CNOSSOS; Nordisk beräkningsmodell;

    Abstract : An extensive technological shift is currently taking place to mitigate climate changeand this trend is particularly noticeable in the transport sector. This is interestingfrom an acoustical perspective, since it changes the noise environment in society. READ MORE