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News
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2018-08-17 | Press release European study shows diesel car emission levels An IVL-led study has compiled emissions data from over 700,000 vehicles in Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. The results show that NOx emissions from diesel vehicles haven’t significantly changed... Read more
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2018-06-26 | Press release 7 600 are expected to die prematurely each year due to air pollution A study conducted by IVL Swedish Environmental Institute and Umeå University shows that, although Sweden has one of Europe's lowest levels of air pollution, about 7,600 people die prematurely each yea... Read more
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2018-06-04 | Press release Industrial symbiosis radically reduces environmental impacts An industrial network outside Norrköping can reduce environmental impacts by 170,000 tonnes carbon dioxide, 750 tonnes phosphate and 190 tonnes sulphur dioxide by adopting a so-called industrial symbi... Read more
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2018-05-24 | Press release Sweden’s first beer brewed with recycled water On Friday, May 25th, it is time for the launch of PU:REST – Sweden’s first beer brewed with recycled water. The project is a collaboration between IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, New Car... Read more
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2018-04-12 | Press release Report highlights the benefits of renewable materials in a circular economy The environmental benefits of utilising and recirculating renewables should have a more prominent role in the circular economy. This is highlighted by the IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute ... Read more
Publications
- Återbruk av möbler och interiöra byggprodukter Utvärdering och arbetsguide baserat på erfarenheter från IVL:s lokalanpassningar This report is only available in Swedish. English summary is availble in the report. Read more
- Chlorine oxidation of VOCs at a semi-rural site in Beijing: significant chlorine liberation from ClNO2 and subsequent gas- and particle-phase Cl–VOC production, Atmos. Nitryl chloride (ClNO2) accumulation at night acts as a significant reservoir for active chlorine and impacts the following day's photochemistry when the chlorine atom is liberated at sunrise. Read more
- Perfluoroalkyl acids and their precursors in floor dust of children's bedrooms–Implications for indoor exposure. Read more
- Probing the differential tissue distribution and bioaccumulation behavior of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances of varying chain-lengths, isomeric structures and functional groups in crucian carp. Read more
- Potential för ökad återanvändning – fallstudie återvinningscentraler Återanvändbara produkter och farliga ämnen i avfall This report in only available in Swedish. English summary in 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.