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News
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2019-02-01 | Press release Record number of EPD registrations A record number of 270 Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) were published in the International EPD System in 2018, breaking the previous record with 85 additional registrations in a single year. ... Read more
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2019-01-24 | Press release Circular Electronics Day aims to extend the lifespan of electronics Today’s extensive consumption of electronics lead to alarming amounts of waste and the release of substances hazardous to human health and the environment. Finite natural resources are extracted from ... Read more
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2019-01-23 | News Report from breakfast seminar: The climate summit in Katowice The climate summit, COP 24, in Polish Katowice last November was an important milestone in the climate negotiations following the Paris agreement in 2015. Particularly successful was the progress with... Read more
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2019-01-09 | Press release Smart City Sweden is expanding The Swedish Energy Agency has given IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute the mission to develop Smart City Sweden, the national demonstration platform for smart and sustainable city solutions.... Read more
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2018-12-05 | Press release The impact of shipping on the Baltic Sea Ant-fouling paints, underwater noise, emissions of air pollutants, greenhouse gases and pollutants to water - the environmental impacts of both commercial shipping and small boats on the Baltic Sea ar... Read more
Publications
- Kläckning av Ostrea edulis i havsbaserade tankar - Biologisk och teknisk förstudie This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Long term trials with membrane bioreactor for enhanced wastewater treatment Henriksdal wastewater treatment plant in Stockholm, is being extended and rebuilt for increased capacity and enhanced treatment efficiency. The new configuration at the plant has been designed for a capacity of 1.6 million population equivalents in combination with reaching low effluent nutrient concentrations. The reconstruction will include retrofitting of the existing conventional activated sludge tanks with a new membrane bioreactor process. To increase the knowledge on membrane technology for wastewater treatment in Nordic conditions, long-term pilot scale studies are conducted at the R&D facility Hammarby Sjöstadsverk. This report presents the results from year 2017 (project year 4) of those studies. Read more
- Fem avloppsreningsverk med MBR-process och strikta utsläppskrav This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Sammanställning av kunskap och åtgärdsförslag för att minska spridning av mikroplast från konstgräsplaner och andra utomhusanläggningar för idrott och lek This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Gröna transportplaner, förtätning och hållbart resande – historik och tillämpning i Göteborg This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
IVL video
Sea squirts-breeding increases
the environmental benefits
The idea behind growing sea squirts started with producing natural gases. You harves sea squirts in order to putrefy them int o natural gas. Hear Anna-Sara Krång about the project.
In focus
Recycling and reuse - by hook or by crook
The production and trading of clothes, is one of the world’s largest industries and its ecological footprint is huge. And there seems to be no end to how much we consume. In Sweden we buy on average 13 kilos of clothing per person per year.