Karibuni! What a waste! A debriefing on: consumption, waste and - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Karibuni! What a waste! A debriefing on: consumption, waste and learning Presenters: - Sofia Mackin , head of unit - Ali Qadiri , sustainability coordinator Region Vsternorrland The Unit for Environment and Sustainability www.rvn.se
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A debriefing on: consumption, waste and learning
Presenters:
Region Västernorrland The Unit for Environment and Sustainability
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the citizens of Västernorrland in primary care, dental care and regional development
and research, international collaboration.
strategy, sustainability plan, governmental tasks, international policy & action-plan, law and provisions.
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Our joint trademark in this partnership
✓ Half of the world’s population live in cities ✓ The cities occupy 3 % of the Earth’s surface but account for 60 – 80 % of energy consumption and 75 % of total carbon emissions
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Trinity between Swedes, nature and fostering
❑ A green nation (70 % forest area) ❑ 1900; nature integral in school curriculum to
the industrial society. ❑ Right of public access to the wilderness or the "right to roam” granted by the Constitution. Appreciative activities (bird-watching, paddling, hiking) before consumptive activities (hunting, fishing). ❑ The emergence of the Green Party in 1981. ❑ 20 agencies have specific environmental tasks ❑ Stockholm; European Green Capital in 2010. ❑ Well ranked but can improve (SDG 13-14: C02 emissions per capita and life below water).
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evolvement of Swedish policy and attitudes
Early 60s; Natural resources perceived as limitless. Late 60s; Maintained growth, conservation through regulation and consensus, hence the Swedish EPA. End of pipe-solution. 70s; Environment movement due to nuclear power, industry pollution etc. 80s; Shift towards proactive policy. Lifestyle and consumption acknowledged (gamechangers; the Brundtland Report). 90s: The Rio Summit and ecological modernisation. Sustainable development integrated in economic growth. Adopted the producer responsibility. 2000-; Millennium Development Goals and its continuation in the Sustainable Development Goals guide policies and international development aid.
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The dualism of Swedish environmental policy in terms
implementatio n
Devolved as local industries and municipalities are to implement provisions
More centralized since joining the EU (Binding directives and guiding strategies) Centralized as ministries allocates investment funds while governmental agencies oversees private sector and municipalities
The duality of Swedish environmental policy in terms
implementation
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Influence of the European Union on Swedish law
EU-directive on waste hierarchy incorporated in Swedish law. It regulates five levels of priority on waste management.
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Ambitious climate and environmental goals
Sweden, a model of ecologically sustainable development?
1999: adopted an ambitious environmental package to be fulfilled by 2020 (the ecological aspect of Agenda 2030). ✓ The generational goal: required changes within one generation for the next one. ✓ Environmental quality goals: the quality of the environment that Sweden wishes to achieve. 2017: the parliament adopted a new climate policy framework.
2045.
with milestone targets for 2030 and 2040.
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National waste trends
Sweden has a good track record when it comes to limiting landfill usage and recovering material, energy and nutrients from waste. 2018: average Swede produced 466 kg of household waste. The average rate in EU was 487 kg/person.
On average, Swedish households pay about the cost of a Swedish apple per day to have their waste collected and to have access to recycling centers
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❖ Goal; annual net decrease of the total waste ❖ a minimum of 40%
recycled.
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Waste produced in Västernorrland county
in average per capita in 2018.
European Union is, in average, 487 kg
per/citizen.
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(RUS)
plan
programme 2015-2019 (The sustainability programme)
statement
work-plan
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✓ Educating members of project organisation ✓ 95 % have undergone basic environmental training ✓ Study visits + one-day seminars on Agenda 2030 ✓ Instructional videos on energy & consumption on the website ✓ Web-based environmental training with various themes ✓ Certified per ISO 14001 ✓ Newsletter for personnel to tell and listen ✓ Sustainable procurement ✓ Local representatives in environmental issues ✓ External environmental collaboration in regional, national, cross-sectorial networks and task groups ✓ Folk high schools’ sessions
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2016 recipient of model environmental strategy award
compensation rewards for business travels.
increased use of sustainable travel modes.
flights and car travel, and the money has been used via a climate account for regional business travel by rail and bus.
since 2012 while the use of public transportation increased with 350 percent.
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Hospital by 47 percent, equivalent to a value of SEK 3,8 million ($ 390 000).
the recycling industry.
Association of Local Authorities and Regions and the Swedish EPA.
environmental work in an international conference in Washington D.C.
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A cool local investment in our region to save energy
Rising global temperatures necessitates smart ways to reuse the fruits of Mother Nature. Inconvenient large snow-heaps are not rare in our county. Storing overabundance of seasonal snow to cool air- conditioning systems Rational, cost-effective, innovative. Feasible in snowy areas,
transportation emissions (USA, Japan & Norway).
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Project in 1997-2008 and now permanent. A pool with capacity to house 70 000 cubic meters of snow. Via a specially-designed, insulated room cooled by melted snow, cool of melted snow-water is absorbed and transported by pumps and pipes to cool down the regional hospital. Reduces use of traditional refrigerating devices. Additional snow injected by a snow-cannon. If the spring is too hot, the pool is covered by an insulating layer of chipboard. Merges three problems into an energy solution: ✓ Utilises the cold contained in the snow removed from streets. ✓ Reduces electricity use and noise nuisance ✓ Polluted snow, containing chemical refrigerants, is filtered before the meltwater is released.
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Positive environmental and economic effects
The facility has surpassed expectations with regard to energy and environment: Use of electricity for cooling has decreased by 90% compared to conventional cooling machines. Emissions of greenhouse gas decreased by 70 tonnes of CO2 equivalents/year. Carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 290 tonnes/year.
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society feature?)
stresses that partnership shall contribute to increased citizen influence by strengthening local/regional politically controlled organisations within one of the core areas: i. Equity/inclusion ii. Citizen participation iii. Transparency iv. Possibility to demand accountability
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