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TemaNord 2025:502
Waste prevention in the Nordics
What policies and measures are needed to prevent waste production and promote reuse?
Waste prevention in the Nordics
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Executive summary
Sammanfattning
1. Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives of the study
1.3 Content of this report
2. Approach and methods
2.1 Key definitions
2.2 Scope defined for the study
2.3 Methods
3. Waste prevention and reuse policies in EU and Nordic countries
3.1 Key EU policies
3.2 Policies in the Nordic Countries
Denmark
Finland
Iceland
Norway
Sweden
The Faroe Islands
Greenland
Åland
3.3 Summary of the waste policies
4. Overview of measures for promoting waste prevention and reuse in the Nordics and beyond
5. Economic steering instruments for effective waste prevention
5.1 Vision for waste prevention in some critical value chains
5.2 Economic steering instruments preventing textile waste – a case study
6. Summary and conclusions
7. Policy recommendations
References
Annex 1: Full list of 50 different measures from the literature review
Annex 2: Expert evaluations of effectiveness and feasibility of policy measures promoting waste prevention and reuse
Annex 3: Policy cards for the 15 measures analysed in-depth