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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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2017-06-22News
“Reports about harmful effects of microplastic have opened many people’s eyes”
The first UN Ocean Conference, hosted by Sweden and Fiji, took place in New York. Issues with microplastic in the sea and marine littering were high on the agenda. These questions were also taken up ...
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2017-06-21Press release
New report highlights climate footprint of electric car battery production
In the quest for greater mileage per charge, electric car batteries are getting much bigger. But since battery production is energy consuming and to some extent cancels out climate benefit, it is vit...
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2017-06-13News
“There is more to biofuels than CO2 reduction”
Researchers from IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Luleå University of Technology, Bio4Energy and Lund University have evaluated Swedish biofuels production. The result indicates that the...
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2017-06-07News
Chemical pollutants in preschool dust
Researchers from the City of Stockholm “Chemical-Smart Preschool” project have examined levels of plasticisers and bisphenols in the dust collected from 100 Stockholm preschools. The researchers also...
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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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