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From Idea to Reality: The City as a Test Bed

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Modern Solid Waste Management in Practice

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Little guidance is provided for local actors in their work toward achievement of national environmental objectives related to waste management and the overall goal stated in national waste plans. Thus, there is a need for proactive and innovative measures to be taken at municipal level. In Malmö, different geographical areas of the city have been used as a test bed for innovative waste management strategies. This has provided possibilities for parallel introduction of different technologies, full-scale management systems, and information strategies, and thus comparative evaluations of these.

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    Anna Bernstad Saraiva Schott & Jes la Cour Jansen

  2. VA SYD, Malmö, Sweden

    Henrik Aspegren & Mimmi Bissmont

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Bernstad Saraiva Schott, A., Aspegren, H., Bissmont, M., la Cour Jansen, J. (2013). From Idea to Reality: The City as a Test Bed. In: Modern Solid Waste Management in Practice. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6263-6_4

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