{"id":23483,"date":"2020-11-09T14:16:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T13:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.axfoundation.se\/?post_type=project&p=23483"},"modified":"2025-02-17T15:13:19","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T14:13:19","slug":"smart-loops","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.axfoundation.se\/en\/projects\/smart-loops","title":{"rendered":"Smart loops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Issue<\/h2>\n
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Around 1.6 million tonnes of plastic waste are generated in Sweden every year. Less than 10 per cent is today being recycled. The rest is incinerated and causes 6 per cent of the total greenhouse gases in Sweden.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A common argument for not sorting plastics into different fractions is that the volume for each fraction is too small to be economically viable to recycle, and recycling actors generally avoid smaller volumes. The solution so far has been a large-scale collection of plastics where the mixed plastic is divided into different fractions at a later stage. When smaller volumes of plastics go directly to incineration or are mixed with other types of plastics or textiles when recycled, it results in a downgrading of the material and linear recycling. This means that the plastic is only recycled once and can only be used for products with lower demand for the quality of the plastic.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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Examples of obstacles and enablers of a circular economy<\/h2>\n
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Systemic obstacles<\/h2>\n
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