Essays about: "waste municipal"

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1. 36. Emissions Trading for Waste Incineration Plants with Energy Recovery in Sweden

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Energisystem

   Author : Ellen Philipsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Energy recovery; emissions trading; waste management; sustainability; EU ETS;

   Abstract : Emission trading is a tool for achieving the European commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The aim is to create an effective European emissions trading market with the least possible negative impact on economic development and employment within the Union. READ MORE

3. 37. Municipal solid waste management in Minsk - current situation, future development and challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Karoline Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Municipal solid waste; MSW; waste management; Belarus; Minsk; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is an urgent issue throughout the world. Urbanization, population increase, and economy growth are all factors which contribute to an increase of MSW generation. READ MORE

4. 38. EU Waste Framework Directive, What's Next? : A cost­benefit analysis of an extended producer responsibility for textiles in the European Union

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Amanda Gerbendahl; Madeleine Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : EU Waste Framework Directive; Extended Producer Responsibility; circular economy; fast-fashion; textile industry;

   Abstract : The objective of our thesis was to conduct a pilot study to evaluate if an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles in the EU could be a socioeconomically beneficial policy to complement the EU Waste Framework Directive’s amendment of separately collected textiles. The aim was to investigate if the policy could achieve increased circular design of textiles as well as if it could work as a management plan for the increased collection rates. READ MORE

5. 39. Automated Central Sorting of Plastic Packaging Waste – A Qualitative Study of Drivers, Barriers and Possible Solutions for Implementing Automated Central Sorting of Plastic Packaging Waste in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Joakim Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : waste management; recycling; waste-to-energy; sustainable development; extended producer responsibility;

   Abstract : It is widely known in the recycling industry that only a small share of the plastic packaging put on the Swedish market is materially recycled. The collection rate for plastic packaging waste is low, with most of it being disposed of in the municipal solid waste, instead of being correctly sorted in the public collection system. READ MORE

6. 40. Conditions for Cooperative Water Resource Management in a conflict affected society : A case study of the Ibër River Basin

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Astrid Berne; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Water Resource Management; Transboundary Waters; Conflict Affected Societies; Environmental Peacemaking.;

   Abstract : Kosovo is a disputed territory, in conflict with Serbia, the country it declared independence from in 1999. The two states share water resource, in the form of the Ibër river. Kosovo is facing issues of water scarcity and the water it has access to is heavily polluted with untreated wastewater metallurgy waste. READ MORE