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Sara Malmheden
Press officer
Phone: +46(0) 10-788 65 10
E-mail: sara.malmheden@ivl.se
Press releases and news
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2017-10-04Press release
Hazardous substances must be phased out during recycling
Increased recycling leverages a suite of environmental benefits, but may also mean a heightened risk of recycling hazardous substances in society. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the...
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2017-09-29Press release
The government appoints IVL’s Åsa Stenmarck to investigate the impact of plastic on the environment
IVL waste expert Åsa Stenmarck has been appointed special investigator tasked with reviewing the possibilities of reducing negative environmental effects of plastic.
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2017-08-31Press release
Smart cities can heat themselves
Every year, an enormous amount of energy is wasted across the EU. The new EU Reuseheat project aims to demonstrate four different scalable systems designed to reuse and recycle unused heat streams in...
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2017-08-29News
Twelve million SEK to digital environmental monitoring
Vinnova has awarded the Luft och Vatten (LoV-IoT) project, one of eight hubs in Sweden, 12 million Swedish crowns to further develop digital environmental monitoring. IVL Swedish Environmental Resear...
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2017-07-04Press release
Continued high emissions from new diesel cars
Diesel cars adhering to the latest environmental class legislation, Euro 6, release about five times as much nitrogen oxides in real mileage as is required by law. This according to a survey conducte...
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2017-07-03News
IVL comments to reactions in media on battery study
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute recently carried out a study estimating CO2 emissions from lithium-ion battery production and their recycling, aiming to provide a better understanding of...
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2017-06-26Press release
Volcanic eruptions caused 25-fold increase in sulphur content in northern Sweden
From August 31, 2014 to February 27, 2015, a volcanic eruption in Iceland discharged twice as much sulphur dioxide as is emitted by all human activity in a single year. The eruption impacted air qual...
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2017-06-25Press release
Locally produced biofuels will reduce the climate impact of aviation
IVL Swedish Environment Research Institute will, together with the Fly Green Fund association, launch a project to leverage large-scale production of biofuel in Sweden. At present, biofuel is only pr...
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