Karibuni! State of play Region Vsternorrland Sustainable consumption - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Karibuni! State of play Region Vsternorrland Sustainable consumption and waste management towards the sustainable development goals Presenters: - Sofia Mackin , head of unit - Ali Qadiri , sustainability coordinator Region
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Sustainable consumption and waste management – towards the sustainable development goals Presenters:
Region Västernorrland The Unit for Environment and Sustainability
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citizens of Västernorrland through public health work, efficiant health and medical care, primary care, dental care and regional development
culture, 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 foster and preserve. Nature a place of recreation away from the industrial society. ❑ Right of public access to the wilderness or the "right to roam” granted by the Constitution of
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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The Swedish Environmental Code (1998:808)- division
Municipalities shall ensure that: household waste generated in the municipality is transported to a waste treatment, recycled or removed. Household waste; waste from households and equivalent waste from businesses. Households: responsible for separating and depositing waste at available collection points. Businesses: responsible for disposing of non- household waste and waste that is not covered by producer responsibility.
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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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treated to recover energy and nutriments.
immediate consumption are banned (plates, Styrofoam, disposable cutlery)
transportation for food waste, collected and separated by households
mandatory.
to be recovered to other materiel. Separate collection of fabrics mandatory.
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How much waste is generated to produce a regular pair of cotton trouser?
Environmental footprints of common consumer products
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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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Ambitious climate and environmental goals
Sweden, a model of ecologically sustainable development?
1999: adopted an ambitious environmental package to be fulfilled by 2020. ✓ The generational goal: required changes within one generation for the next one. ✓ Environmental quality goals: the quality
to achieve. The package is the ecological aspect of the Agenda 2030. 2017: the parliament adopted a new climate policy framework.
milestone targets for 2030 and 2040.
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Current progress of the 16 environmental quality
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(RUS)
plan
programme 2015-2019
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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Environment and energy
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2018
2019
about sustainable development?
sustainable and equitable everyday life
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Environmental management system Benefits: Overall structure Increased recycling Lower climate impact Challanges: Implementation in everyday work
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At least one at every workplace Our contacts in the organization Meetings twice a year
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billion each year
procurement
requirements on contractors Challenges:
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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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Swedish green-tech company has developed an underground waste- management system. https://www.envacgroup.com/about- envac-group/ (0-3.05 min.) The City of Bergen, in Norway, went to air- filled waste collection system. https://www.envacgroup.com/ Expensive, space-consuming and smelly if the pipes get clogged.
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A cool local investment in our region to save energy
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,
to 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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