Industrial hazardous wastes in Finland – trends related to the waste prevention goal

From waste prevention to promotion of material efficiency: change of discourse in the waste policy of Finland

“…In some interpretations, such as in the draft version of the EU waste strategy [31] and the SLL definition quoted in this article, qualitative waste prevention was simplified to denote the reduction in the volume of hazardous wastes. Lilja and Liukkonen have pointed out [32] that the increased volume of waste handled in hazardous waste treatment plants could rather be seen as a positive indicator for the safe recovery and handling of hazardous substances in waste streams. Meanwhile major flows of hazardous substances can be found in wastes that are not legally classified as hazardous wastes, because these substances are diluted in large volumes of nonhazardous waste.…”

Inventory analysis of the timber industry in Ghana

“…This requires a more integrated approach in identifying ways to access and reduce the total environmental burden of the timber sector. Life cycle thinking has become a key focus in environmental integrated product policy and an effective integration of life cycle thinking in the timber sector is considered as a critical success factor for more sustainable industrial models (Ometto et al 2006, Swarr 2006, Huang et al 2007, Sundkvist and Finnveden 2007, Lilja and Liukkonen 2008, Rau and OuYang 2008. Therefore, analyzing the environmental performance of the timber sector provides an effective first step to develop, implement and improve its environmental management.…”

A methodology for forecasting hazardous waste flows

“…Third order regression model between the generation of industrial solid wastes and GDP per capita was developed by Yanrong et al [23] with R 2 = 0.99. The research done by Lilja and Liukkonen [25] suggests usage of the waste generation in specific sector rather than GDP. Court [26] analysed the economy and HW generation in the United States of America by using hazardous waste generation intensity indicator (tons/$M).…”