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Sara Malmheden
Press officer
Phone: +46(0) 10-788 65 10
E-mail: sara.malmheden@ivl.se
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2016-01-22News
IVL hosts training course for Chinese air quality researchers
During two weeks a delegation of twelve people from the city of Tianjin, are visiting IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute to participate in a training program in air pollution management.
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2015-12-21News
IVL behind the Chinese environmental legislation in the Volkswagen lawsuit
Recently, Swedish media reported that a Chinese environmental organization is suing Volkswagen's Chinese import company for their import of diesel vehicles with manipulated software. The lawsuit ...
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2015-12-17News
A climate-smart shift in transport systems
The transport sector is still far from achieving the climate targets. Emissions trends point steeply upwards while the necessary emission reductions are pointing just as steep downhill. How can we sp...
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2015-12-16News
The EU-strategy for circular economy is "An important step forward even if some parts are missing"
The European Commission's new platform concerning circular economy has been criticized for not being ambitious enough. Åsa Stenmarck, waste expert at IVL, still sees a lot of value in the strateg...
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2015-12-15News
The climate agreement - here are the arguments you need for the Christmas dinner debate
The world's first global climate change has been accepted. It is a historic event and it is hopefully a major topic for conversation at Christmas dinner this year. IVL's experts on internatio...
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2015-12-12Press release
Dirty plastic containers hamper our sorting efforts
Ice cream packages, plastic bags, sour cream cans and toothpaste tubes. We bring home large quantities of plastic packaging every year, but we need to be better at sorting them.
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2015-12-11Press release
86 kg waste produced by a single mobile phone
A mobile phone gives rise to 86 kg of waste material, in the form of for instance mining waste and slag products. The cost of climate emissions for the same phone is estimated to 140 Swedish Crowns. ...
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2015-12-08News
New report shows that Uganda can become 100 percent renewable by 2050
In a new report a scenario with 100 percent renewable energy future for Uganda is presented. According to the report, modern energy services can be rolled-out to the whole population by 2030, and by ...
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