Climate Benefits of Material Recycling : Inventory of Average Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- Review Statement -- Introduction -- General Comments -- Conclusions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 2.1 Collaborative stakeholder cooperation -- 2.2 Literature review -- 2.3 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) -- 2.4 System boundaries -- 2.4.1 Included materials -- 2.4.2 Definition of amounts -- 2.4.3 System expansion -- 2.4.4 Impact assessment -- 3. Investigation context -- 3.1 General assumptions -- 3.2 Other impact categories -- 3.3 Selected studies -- 3.3.1 Studies from Norway, Denmark and Sweden -- 3.3.2 Studies from other European countries -- 3.3.3 Studies from the United States of America -- 4. Investigated materials -- 4.1 Paper and cardboard -- 4.2 Glass -- 4.3 Plastics -- 4.4 Steel -- 4.5 Aluminium -- 4.6 Organic waste -- 4.7 Other metals -- 5. Results -- 5.1 Paper and cardboard -- 5.2 Glass -- 5.3 Plastics -- 5.4 Steel -- 5.5 Aluminium -- 5.6 Organic waste -- 5.7 Collected results -- 6. Discussion -- 6.1 Comparison with previous recommendations -- 6.2 Impact of energy use and energy mix -- Which primary and secondary processes have high energy demand for processing the materials? -- How is the relationship between renewable and fossil energy use for different materials? -- How is the relationship between the use of electricity and fuels for different materials? -- How to account for the use of waste energy from the processes in, for example, district heating? -- 6.3 Geographical differences -- 6.4 Quality of materials for secondary production -- 6.5 Data availability and uncertainty -- 7. Conclusions -- 8. Further work -- References -- Svensk sammanfattning -- Appendices -- A. Rejected studies -- B. Provisional list of materials -- C. Reference group -- University of Gävle -- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) -- Återvinningsindustrierna (Sweden) and member erpresentatives.

Norsk Industri &amp -- Norsk Returmetallforening -- Nordic Council of Ministers -- Stiftelsen Gästrikeregionens miljö.

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