SwediSh waSte management |2011 - Avfall Sverige

Swedish waste management 2011Material RecyclingMaterial recycling including biological recyclingand in total accounted for 2,146,770tons in 2010. The Swedish Parliament has setthe goal of having at least 50 percent ofhousehold waste going to material recycling,including biological treatment, by 2010. Thegoal was essentially reached: material recyclingincluding biological recycling reached49.2 percent in 2010.The part of material recycling that includeselectronic waste, refrigeration units, batteriesand bulky waste collected as metal fraction inmunicipal recycling centers was 312,630 tons,or 33.2 kg per person.Metal from households, such as bicyclesand garden furniture, discarded at recyclingcenters decreased somewhat. In 2010159,050 tons of metal were dropped off forrecycling, or 16.9 kg per person.Packaging and paper are mainly collectedthrough some 5,800 unmanned recycling stationsthat the producers run. However, theseitems can also be collected at the mannedmunicipal recycling centers and about thirtymunicipalities have implemented curbside collectionof packaging and paper from singlefamilyhomes.The statistics for Packaging and paper recyclingfor 2010 will not be reported until 2012because the method for reporting statistics iscurrently under review. As a result amountscollected are only reported here. The figures inthe table are therefore not comparable withprevious years.Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Managementis running a national campaign on materialrecycling in 2010-2011. The campaign isarranged in cooperation with the Swedishmunicipalities. The objective of the campaignis to increase knowledge about material recyclingand improve confidence in the municipalities’work on this matter.14