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Environment and Health Administration, City of Stockholm, Sweden
together with Lian Scholes Middlesex University, London, UK& André Lecloux, ENVICAT Consulting, Wavre, Belgium
International Dissemination Workshop 3 February
2010 The ScorePP-project
Voluntary initiatives to reduce releases of priority pollutants
Tonie Wickman
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Table of contents
Voluntary initiatives
Examples
Efficiency
Some findings on success
Conclusions
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Voluntary initiatives
Initiatives that are not forced by legislation
Initiatives by …– Governments– Municipalities– Non-governmental
organisations (NGOs)– “Grass roots” – Industries (André
Lecloux) Address production, use
patterns and recycling…
Information campaigns
Eco-labelling Economic incentives Green procurement City planning Policy instruments Monitoring Technical
development Substitution …
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Di(ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)major source: PVC waste in the environment
Take care of waste?Substitute DEHP (or PVC) new products and existing
products
Initiatives: Green procurement, Eco-labelling, Information
campaigns Treatment options for wastewater and stormwater
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Cadmium (Cd)major source: long range transport
Substitute Cd in new and existing products
Initiatives: Green procurement, Eco-labelling, Information
campaigns Treatment options for wastewater and stormwater
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Mercury (Hg)major source: Tyres?, roads? and amalgam fillingsSubstitute Hg in new and existing products
Initiatives: Green procurement, Information campaigns Treatment options for wastewater and stormwater
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Benzo[a]pyrene – PAHmajor source: domestic greywater?
(Cooking, smoked food and cigarette ash)
Initiatives: Treatment options for wastewater and stormwater
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Octylphenol/Nonylphenol and ethoxylatesmajor source: textiles imported to EuropeSubstitute in new products
Initiatives: Green procurement, Eco-labelling, Information
campaigns Treatment options for wastewater and stormwater
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Make it easySeveral substances – same distribution routeInformation campaigns to change
behaviour
Yellow Fish Project: www.sepa.org.uk/yellowfish
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Make it easySeveral substances – consumption
Eco-labelling to change behaviour
EU flower and Nordic Swan: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel
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Make it easySeveral substances – in “waste”
Economic incentives or polluter pays principle
(or good recycling systems)
Cartridge World Initiative: www.cartridgeworld.org
Congestion charging in the City of Stockholm
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Evaluate voluntary initiatives
Difficult to evaluate single initiatives as data on efficiency and cost is seldom given. Scale, time, timing and type also differs a lot
Industry is often better in evaluating their initiatives
Important to plan an abatement measure so it is possible to evaluate
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Some findings on success
Personal commitment to environmental issues Clear message – no contradicting messages Goals – midterm targets – progressive revision Information campaigns need to be repeated and give
feed-back Avoid administrative, technical and economical
constraints Cities keep dialogue with industrial or trade
organisations Green procurement and lists of unwanted
substances potential for significant impactWFD list of substances , REACH candidate list, ChemSec’s SIN-list
Guide to non-toxic products: www.miljobarometern.
stockholm.se
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Conclusions
A broad range of initiatives and stakeholders – not so easy to fit into a structured database
Voluntary initiatives have great potential for significant impact
To evaluate them need to design them to make it possible Substance flow analysis, detailed source data –
Information needed for most efficient measures to be applied
Might need collaboration with researchers Both major sources, pathways and main stakeholders
should be assessed before decisions on measures are taken
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