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Technical Development of Waste Sector in Sweden: Survey

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MASTER’S THESIS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES RESEARCH<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT<br />

First, I would like to express my solemn gratitude to almighty Allah for his bless<strong>in</strong>gs. I am grateful to<br />

my parents who encouraged and supported me to pursue higher education abroad and with all pride;<br />

I say they are my real <strong>in</strong>spiration. I am also grateful to my sister and brother-<strong>in</strong>-law who supported<br />

me <strong>in</strong> <strong>Sweden</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g my master’s programme.<br />

Special gratitude to Ms. Anna Björklund, my supervisor, who provided me an opportunity to work<br />

for a National project “Tools for Susta<strong>in</strong>able <strong>Waste</strong> Management". I really value her constructive<br />

comments, suggestions over my research work and her cont<strong>in</strong>uous encouragement without which<br />

this thesis project would not have been possible. I thank her for <strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g me to LCA tool, which<br />

I now see as my future research for prospective career. Ms. Anna Björklund is really an awe-<strong>in</strong>spir<strong>in</strong>g<br />

supervisor.<br />

I would like to thank Mr. Jan Erik Gustafson, Mr. Peter Brokk<strong>in</strong>g, Mr. Tigran Haas, and Ms. S<strong>of</strong>ia<br />

Norlander, people beh<strong>in</strong>d successful runn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> Environmental Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g and Susta<strong>in</strong>able<br />

Infrastructure (EESI) programme over years and who have always been there to ease the burden <strong>of</strong><br />

studies at KTH.<br />

Scour<strong>in</strong>g for <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g master thesis topic can be challeng<strong>in</strong>g and sometimes even confus<strong>in</strong>g. Had it<br />

not been Ms. Tahm<strong>in</strong>a Ahsan, who persistently supported me to take up waste management systems,<br />

I would have least imag<strong>in</strong>ed that a research <strong>in</strong> waste management sector could be my master thesis<br />

project and an <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g subject for me. I also extend my thankfulness to Himanshu Sanghani,<br />

Kedar Uttam, Jim Loewenste<strong>in</strong> and other classmates from EESI, my friends <strong>in</strong> <strong>Sweden</strong> for be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

there and mak<strong>in</strong>g Stockholm a wonderful experience.<br />

Last but not the least I am grateful to Catar<strong>in</strong>a Ostlund, Kar<strong>in</strong> Jönsson, Eva Larsson and Martijn van<br />

Praagh from Swedish EPA, Avfall Sverige, TPS, Sweco Environment AB respectively and the waste<br />

management PhD students who shared their valuable time and gave me their valuable feedback.<br />

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HÖGSKOLAN<br />

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