Combination | Potential to reduce quantity of waste (average) | Potential to reduce harmful substances/adverse impacts of waste | Ease of implementation (average) | Ease of monitoring | Applicability in the Nordics | Average (quantity, ease of implementation) | Average (all) |
Material efficiency commitments | 2.32 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.00 | 1.92 |
Concrete ecological requirements for public procurements | 2.29 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.85 | 1.90 |
Too Good To Go app | 2.09 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.13 | 1.89 |
Municipal waste prevention plans | 2.06 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.66 | 1.70 |
Subsidies for waste prevention and reuse | 1.97 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.74 | 1.68 |
‘Best before but not bad after’ stamps | 1.91 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 2.21 | 1.86 |
Reuse stations (Miljøstasjoner) | 1.91 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.01 | 1.79 |
Consumer movements against food waste | 1.88 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.63 | 1.56 |
Second-hand platforms for private persons and companies | 1.85 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.21 | 1.85 |
Voluntary waste reduction commitments | 1.76 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.79 | 1.75 |
Weight-based pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) pricing | 1.70 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.35 | 1.50 |
Reduced VAT for repairing services | 1.56 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.69 | 1.61 |
Carbon metric tool to evaluate climate impacts of waste | 1.09 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.06 | 1.22 |
Incineration tax | 1.09 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.37 | 1.48 |
Ecolabels such as the Nordic Swan | 0.90 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.35 | 1.72 |