Retaining value in the Swedish materials system

Retaining value in the Swedish materials system - summary of the report in English

Retaining value in the swedish materials system
Type
Author
Material Economics
Publication Date
January, 2018
Country
Sweden
Language for original content
Sector
Scope
Per Klevnäs
Angelica Afzelius

The report Retaining value in the Swedish materials system takes a value perspective on the use and recycling of materials in a circular perspective. It analyses the use of materials in the Swedish economy in monetary terms instead of tonnes and cubic metres.

The key questions it seeks to answer include the following:

  • For each 100 SEK of raw material entering the Swedish economy, how much value is retained after one use cycle?
  • What are the main reasons that material value is lost?
  • What measures could retain more materials value, and how much could be recovered? Which business opportunities arise as a result?

This value perspective gives a much more realistic view of how circular the Swedish materials system really is.