Annual report 2023

Here's what happened in 2023 in the association regarding the working groups, accomplishments, financial reports and future plans....

8 saker restauranger och butiker behöver veta om återanvändbara förpackningar i Sverige

Mat för avhämtning blir grönare i Sverige. Från och med den 1 januari 2024 måste restauranger erbjuda ett återanvändbart förpackningsalternativ för mat och dryck för avhämtning. Zero Waste Stockholm h...

Danaé Malengreau

ZWS remissytrande till Naturvårdsverket

Zero Waste Stockholm har skickat en remissytrande till Naturvårdsverket, som planera att införa ett nytt undantag från lagen om engångsplastprodukter av plast (där restauranger och butiker som säljer ...

Beatrice Agrell

Annual report 2022

Here's what happened in 2022 in the association regarding the working groups, accomplishments, financial reports and future plans....

Undervisningsmaterial

Utbildning är avgörande för att göra det möjligt för nästa generation att förstå situationen bättre och ge verktyg för att göra mer hållbara val. Om du **vill arbeta med hållbarhet** med deltagarna, o...

Elodie Barraud

Annual report 2021

Here's what happened in 2021 in the association regarding the working groups, accomplishments, financial reports and future plans....

New warning labels warning on plastic content coming to Sweden

Zero Waste Stockholm had the opportunity to Interview Åsa Stenmark, Material flow expert at the Swedish Environmental Agency, regarding EU ‘s single-plastic ban directive that was supposed to be vote...

Nicholas Smart

Why the new national milestone target for reusable packaging is a step in the right direction but is not enough

The transition from single-use packaging to reusable packaging is an important step towards waste reduction and a circular economy. In Sweden in 2020, a milestone target was decided towards this trans...

Jeremy Meteyer & Chloé Johnsson

How do waste management and incineration in Sweden contribute to climate change?

Waste disposal and incineration are the two least sustainable waste management methods as they both generate greenhouse gas emissions. In Sweden since 1990, the emissions from waste treatment have bee...

Jeremy Meteyer & Chloé Johnsson

About recycling rates & product lifetime in the circular economy

Prof. Dr Walter Stahel is one of the founding fathers of the circular economy, and the core science behind it. In a lecture he held at KTH in March 2021, Stahel presented very convincingly why we shou...

Elias Azzi

Annual Report 2019-2020

Zero Waste Stockholm’s annual report for the years 2019 and 2020 is now available to read and download. In the document you will find all about our association: who we are, how we work, our mission, a...

Ny studie visar att dryckeskartonger är långt ifrån att nå cirkularitet

Den europeiska lagstiftningen om återvinningsstatistik utvecklas med syfte att rapportera återvinningsgrader som ligger närmare graden av material som faktiskt återvinns. Innan 2020 inkluderade återvi...

Jeremy Meteyer & Chloé Johnsson

Nudging people towards more sustainable behaviour

As much as we are aware of the worrying state of the planet and the part we play in it, many of us find it difficult to always make the right (aka “green”) decision. We may promise ourselves to be a b...

Morgane Oléron

Zero Waste in Stockholm - City Guide

Are you an environmentally-conscious person new to Stockholm? Or you simply would like to discover more zero waste friendly businesses in our city? Then here is the perfect list for you: a list of pla...

Lucie Váňová

Bio-, Biodegradable and Compostable Plastics - explained

Bioplastics are currently used in disposable items that we make use of in our everyday lives including packaging, containers, straws, bags and bottles, and in non-disposable carpet, plastic piping, ph...

Amanda Schoenfeld

Varför kommer Sveriges plaståtervinningsgrad att delas på två för 2020 och med fyra för 2021?

Sverige uppfattas som en modell för återvinning runt om i världen. Återvinningsstatistiken i Sverige och mer generellt i Europa är vilseledande för allmänheten och skapar det felaktiga antagandet om a...

Jeremy Meteyer

How to make habits stick: What to do now Plastic Free July is over

Five key tips to help cement those excellent changes made over Plastic Free July, into a more sustainable zero-waste lifestyle....

Steph Pitt

Zero waste, zero men movement?

We could not help but wonder, why is there such a majority of women advocating for the ZW movement? In this article we take a look at the gender gap in the zero waste movement: the preconceived ideas ...

Written by Morgane Oleron

Plastic-free July: 31 tips & tricks to reduce your plastic waste

**#PlasticFreeJuly** is a global movement that inspires millions of people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution, 250 million participants in 177 countries to be exact. The challenge is to r...

Amanda Schoenfeld

EU’s Single-Use Plastics Directive: Focus on Reducing Consumption!

The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has been tasked by the government with investigating how the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive should be implemented in Sweden. Zero Waste Stockholm particip...

TGIM

A slightly less popular version of the well known TGIF, but one that will take all its meaning on the 25th of November this year as we will celebrate the third White Monday. A celebration of the circu...