2020-06-10 Better for the environment to renovate than replace flooring Every year, 25 million square meters of flooring is installed in Sweden. A life-cycle analysis conducted by IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute in cooperation with the floor maintenance compa... Read more

2020-05-26 Digital twin secures commissioning of new Stockholm sewage works Summer 2020 will see the installation of a revolutionary new treatment process at the Henriksdal sewage treatment facility in Stockholm. The implementation schedule is tight – full purification is req... Read more

2020-05-14 New project to reduce microplastics in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea IVL is starting a new project in China aiming to prevent and reduce microplastic pollution from land-based sources to the sea. This will be done through pilot work in textile industries and wastewater... Read more

2020-05-12 New pilot plant targets extraction of nitrogen from wastewater A new large pilot plant to extract nitrogen from wastewater constructed at the Hammarby Sjöstadsverk facility. Together with Ekobalans, a nutrient recycling company, IVL will test and optimize new tec... Read more

2020-05-11 Beyond GDP growth: future universal basic income scenarios Universal basic income, also called citizen’s income, is often proposed as an integral component of alternative and sustainable economic systems. Together with researchers at KTH and Södertörn Univers... Read more

2020-05-07 Möbelfakta now an independent labelling system with IVL as principal owner IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute is now majority owner of the Möbelfakta labelling system previously owned by the Swedish Federation of Wood and Furniture Industry (TMF). IVL will drive an... Read more

2020-04-22 Gotland to develop a green industrial symbiosis park IVL, together with the association Tillväxt Gotland, will investigate the potential for developing an industrial symbiosis park near Visby on Gotland. A survey will now be done to see what industrial ... Read more

2020-04-08 Plastic, paper or cotton bag – the choice might depend on where you live What bag is the best for the environment? The question is simple, but the answer more complex. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute compiled information from life cycle assessments on behalf o... Read more

2020-04-06 New industry standard for measuring the environmental benefits of reusing IT IVL and Inrego have developed a new database model to measure the environmental savings of reusing IT. The model is open and free to use for the entire IT reuse industry and anyone who is interested i... Read more

2020-02-21 Focus on clean water when IVL opens office in India IVL continues to grow internationally – most recently in India where a new office has opened in the multi-million city Mumbai. A significant part of our activities there will focus on water treatment,... Read more