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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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2017-06-05Press release
What will the environmental weather be like today?
The wonder of IoT- Internet of Things – has come to reach the issues of environmental research. The “Environmental Weather” IoT project has developed smart sensors to measure air pollution and noise ...
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2017-05-06Press release
Putting a price on nature drives sustainable innovation
Timber has a price, as do coal and oil. Fish in the supermarket do too, but does a living fish have a price? To include monetary environmental values in considerations associated with the production ...
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2017-04-30News
Reducing nitrogen emissions from shipping can save 28.3 billion euros in health costs
A new study conducted by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute on behalf of the Air pollution and Climate Secretariat (AirClim), shows that a nitrogen oxide emissions tax and refund mechan...
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2017-04-28News
Second-hand trade saved 16,3 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions
Schibsted Media Group has, in collaboration with IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, estimated the potential environmental benefits of second-hand trade conducted in eight of the media grou...
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2017-04-25Press release
Wood burning and traffic greatest threats to air in cities
Health effect measurements from Stockholm, Gothenburg and Umeå shows that the importance of local air pollution emissions from wood burning and road traffic is greater than earlier national level est...
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2017-03-31News
Strategic projects to review the potential of Industrial Symbiosis in Sweden
Researchers from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Linköping University, Rise and through collaboration with industrial partners from Sotenäs Symbioscenter, HiFab, Econova, Tekniska Verke...
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2017-03-28Press release
New technology may revolutionize textile recycling
Automatic rather than manual sorting provides new opportunities for increased textile recycling. In a unique pilot plant in Avesta, a thirty-metre machine uses optical sensors to sort textiles based ...
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2017-03-28News
Increased production of biofuels from the sea and its possible impact on the ecosystem
Research is underway to determine whether cultivating algae and sea squirts may be a promising alternative for the production of biofuels. However, more knowledge is needed about how large-scale prod...
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