Wastewater treatment in Svalbard eliminates 99 per cent of microlitter
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2019-09-02 | News Student camp raised environmental awareness This summer IVL and the Swedish Iinstitute, SI, arranged a two-week scholarship camp in Sweden. 20 students from India and China got the opportunity to learn about sustainable development and experien... Read more
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2019-07-03 | Press release Green light for large-scale automated textile sorting facility in Malmö IVL has been given green light for a collaborative initiative to establish the world's first industrial scale automated textile sorting plant. Vinnova is to invest SEK 22 million in the project that w... Read more
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2019-07-02 | Press release Major research initiative targets aquaculture around the Atlantic coast Today, aquaculture is limited to a small number of highly demanded species. To lessen vulnerability to disease, greater diversity and stronger populations are needed. In a transatlantic EU project, re... Read more
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2019-07-02 | Press release Resource-efficient carbon fiber electrodes for extraction of hydrogen from wastewater Research work at the Royal Institute of technology (KTH) and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute has enabled the development of a new type of carbon fibre-based electrodes. The electrodes mak... Read more
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2019-07-01 | Press release Study shows the environmental effects of scrubbing systems Next year, new legislation will compel international shipping to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions to air. But instead of using expensive low-sulphur fuels, the global shipping fleet is expected to ins... Read more
Publications
- E-waste and raw materials: from environmental issues to business models The book provides teaching materials for teachers on the topic of waste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE), raw materials and their life cycle and their importance for sustainability objectives. The book introduces and explains in a popular science manner different concepts, such as critical materials, circular economy and the social and environmental aspects of e-waste. Read more
- Modell för bedömning av Svenska byggnaders klimatpåverkan This report is only available in Swedish. Read more
- Styrkeområden för svensk miljöteknikexport This report is only available in Swedish. Read more
- Digitaliseringens möjligheter inom avfallshanteringen This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is available in the report. Read more
- Energy Integration of Domsjö Biorefinery Cluster - Summary Within the Domsjö Biorefinery cluster in Örnsköldsvik, all the industries are cooperating regarding energy. In this study, we have analysed how efficient the steam is used within the industries. Are steam of right pressure and temperature used for the right purposes? To what extent could steam be replaced by district heating? And, how big is the potential to use simultaneous heat and cold demand for energy integration? The method for energy analysis was “pinch analysis”. Read more
New EU project
Sustainable water resource management
The lack of good quality and sufficient amounts of drinking water is an emerging problem faced by many regions around the world, even for countries which usually have a good water supply. EU project Water Harmony will develop global solutions which challenges societal changes with new technologies, which increase both quality and quantity of drinking water and meet the increasing demands of water caused by a larger population, climate change and emerging contaminates.
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Infrastructure for people - not cars
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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.