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February 12, 2024Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Guidance for safe and sustainable plastics in a circular economy

Every year over 1.3 million tons of plastic are used in Sweden and the use is increasing. Today, less than 10 percent of all...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Policy
February 12, 2024Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Guidance for recyclers or users of recycled materials

A prerequisite for a circular economy is that articles are free from hazardous substances. This guidance is helpful for...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
Voluntary instrument
Policy
October 31, 2023Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Extended Producer Responsibility in Sweden

This report is a general account of different aspects of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, newsprint...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
Legal/Regulatory instrument
Project
March 31, 2023United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

EcoAdvance: Ecolabels and Sustainable Public Procurement

Duration and scope: The duration of this project is 4 years from 2022 to 2026 and the project is implemented in 5 Latin...

Organisation
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Resource
March 15, 2023World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

CLIMATE PROOF INVESTMENT GUIDE FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT TOURISM

This guide was developed under ADAPTUR Project. The ADAPTUR project (Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in the...

Organisation
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Type
Guidelines and Manuals
Sectors
Tourism
Policy
January 24, 2023Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

The Swedish Delegation for Circular Economy

The Government has tasked the Delegation to promote businesses’ transition to a circular economy and identify obstacles as...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
National strategy/Roadmap/Plan
Resource
January 23, 2023Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

PRIO – a tool for substitution

The PRIO-tool offers a tool for actors that wants to work proactively with chemicals in their business. Actors that wants to...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
Technical Tools
Sectors
Water
Public Procurement
Environmental Services
Waste, incl. Chemicals
Scientific Research, Development and Innovation
Industrial Sector
Textiles
Plastic
Health
Consumer Goods
Buildings and construction
Education
Resource
January 23, 2023Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

Materials concerning Non-Toxicity for schools and pre-schools

Children and young people are also consumers. It is therefore important to increase children’s and young people’s knowledge...

Organisation
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Type
Technical Tools
Sectors
Public Procurement
Consumer Goods
Education
Resource
December 12, 2022World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Travel and Climate

Travel and Climate is an open source methodology developed to support tool used by Swedish DMO Goteborg & Co. This resource...

Organisation
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Type
Technical Tools
Sectors
Tourism
Resource
October 3, 2022World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Recycling Food Waste into Water

Participating with ORCA, The Cordis Hotel in Auckland launched an innovative recycling initiative uses microbes to break down...

Organisation
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Regions
Africa
Asia/Pacific
Europe and Central Asia
Latin America/Caribbean
Middle East
North America
Sectors
Food & Beverage
Tourism
Resource
September 30, 2022World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

Repurposing Cork Stoppers

NH Hotel Group has strengthened its signature circular economy programme, CORK2CORK, through which it provides the cork...

Organisation
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Type
Case studies, Concrete Applications and Best Practices
Sectors
Tourism
Buildings and construction
Project
September 7, 2022Chalmers Industriteknik

Behavioural insight to promote reusable cups – a field study on reducing the use of single-use cups in Sweden

Globally, over 500 billion single-use cups are consumed annually of which between 250-300 billion are plastic-lined paper...

Organisation
Chalmers Industriteknik