Essays about: "recycling rates"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 63 essays containing the words recycling rates.

  1. 16. The dark truth behind plastic waste trade, the consequences of the Chinese import ban & the environmental damage of plastic waste trade using Life Cycle Assessment.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Olivia Lundmark; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese import ban; Life Cycle Assessment; Plastic waste; Plastic waste trade; Science General;

    Abstract : In recent years, plastic waste trade has received increasing attention due to huge amounts ending up in countries with high rates of mismanaged plastic waste and the environmental damage of plastic pollution. The EU has been exporting plastic waste to China for recycling purposes due to insufficient domestic recycling capacities, until 2018, when China decided to ban all imports of plastic waste. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Tangled Web We Weave: Investigating the Barriers to Change in Plastic Recycling Policy Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Holly Griffith; [2021]
    Keywords : Plastic Recycling; Policy Change Barriers; Strategy Change Barriers; Lock-In; Sunk Cost Fallacy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : At the core of the sustainable solid waste management challenge lies increasing rates of consumption which contribute directly to problems of resource extraction and degradation. Recycling is a tool designed in part to address this problem of scarcity, however on its own it is not enough to solve the problem, particularly in relation to plastics, which are challenging to manage and often are not recycled well or at all. READ MORE

  4. 18. Circular economy in the Swedish building sector: Investigating options for old windows

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Amra Lukac; Tarik Ljajic; [2021]
    Keywords : Circular economy; reuse; recycle; windows; LCA; LCC; embodied energy; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The construction industry is expected to generate 2.2 billion tons of waste by the year 2025 and was responsible for 39 % of GHG emissions generated by the building processes and energy consumption, in 2017. READ MORE

  5. 19. Defining requirements of PET scrap for open loop recycling of post-industrial waste

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Josephine Digné; [2020]
    Keywords : Chemical Engineering; plastics; thermoplastics; PET; polyethylene terephthalate; foamed plastics; recycling; post-industrial waste; circular economy; återvinning; kemiteknik; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : To reduce the environmental impact and minimize the exploitation of the depleting re-sources, the transition to a circular economy is vital. It proposes an economy of reduced ma-terial consumption and increased reuse and recycling of plastics and other materials. READ MORE

  6. 20. Expansion of the Swedish Deposit Return System for plastic packaging : Challenges and enablers along the value chain of plastics

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Esteban Alejandro Rodriguez Novoa; [2020]
    Keywords : Deposit-Return System DRS ; plastic packaging; recycling; circular economy; Swedish plastic value chain; Deposit-Return System DRS ; plastförpackningar; återvinning; cirkulär ekonomi; svensk värdekedja för plast;

    Abstract : Plastic materials are widely used in different applications by the industry. Given its different properties, there is a wide range of utilization opportunities. From an environmental perspective, some of these properties imply a challenge for the recycling of these materials. READ MORE