From waste prevention to promotion of material efficiency: change of discourse in the waste policy of Finland |
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| Authors: | Raimo Lilja |
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| Institution: | 1. Ecolabel Partnership, Mustikkakatu 12, 50170 Mikkeli, Finland;2. Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Chemical Pulping and Environmental Technology, Finland;1. William H. Hart Professor, Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment, USA;2. VREF Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, JEC 4030, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA;3. KLD Associates, Inc., 43 Corporate Drive, Hauppauge, NY 11788, USA;1. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Computer Science Department, Leganés, Madrid 28911, Spain;2. Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Computer Applications in Science & Engineering, Barcelona 08034, Spain;1. Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;2. Residual Resources Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;3. Water and Environmental Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lund University, 221 00 Lund, Sweden;4. ECO – Ecosystems and Environmental Sustainability, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark;5. Copenhagen Resource Institute, 1215 Copenhagen K, Denmark;1. Louvain School of Management, Université catholique de Louvain, Mons, Chaussée de Binche, 151 B-7000 Mons, Belgium;2. Centre for Operations Research and Econometrics & Department of Geography, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Voie du Roman Pays, 34 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;3. Social and Economic Geography Research Group, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Krijgslaan, 281 S8 B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;4. Department of Transport and Regional Economics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerp, Prinsstraat, 13 B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | This article analyses the process of preparing the proposal for a new Finnish National Waste Plan (NWP 2007–2016). The focus of this study is on the use of the alternative concepts of waste prevention or material efficiency and on the shift in discourse from the former to the latter concept.The strengths and weaknesses of these competing concepts were analysed using criteria such as synergy, semantic aspects, legal context and applicability to monitoring. The discourse presented by different stakeholder groups was analysed. The implications of choosing either of the concepts were illustrated.The author concludes that waste prevention can be promoted just as well, or even better from the perspective of improving material efficiency. The concept must be complemented by policy instruments within the chemical policy sector to cover the aspect of qualitative waste prevention. |
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