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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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2016-01-29News
IVL to identify sources of microplastics in the oceans
The Swedish authorities aim to reduce the spread of microplastics in the environment. As part of this effort, last fall the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency commissioned IVL to identify the so...
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2016-01-27News
New UN sustainable development goals will combat social exclusion
January 18, 2016 marked the start of Sweden’s efforts to achieve the United Nation’s new sustainable development goals. One of these goals is that cities and communities are to include all its reside...
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2016-01-25News
Record number of registered environmental product declarations
As many as 139 new environmental product declarations, so-called EPDs, were registered in the international EPD system during 2015. An increase with more than 20 registrations compared to the previou...
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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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