Uppsala Waste Map – a STUNS Stories student project spring 2025

How to use the map | Uppsala Waste Map(s) | Tools and Resources | Best Cases for Circularity | About and Contact
Further Reading, Watching and Listening | Laws, Regulations and Goals

The Waste Map project highlights flows of waste in Uppsala, regionally and globally. By mapping waste sources, destinations, patterns, and resource use, it provides important insights into how to prevent, reuse, upcycle and recycle materials, build smarter waste management systems and inspire to more sustainable consumer behavior. This project empowers individuals and organizations to make informed decisions, reduce waste, and take collective action toward a more circular future.

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Uppsala Waste Map

Tools and Resources for a Circular Uppsala

Waste Atlas
http://www.atlas.d-waste.com/

World Cleanup Day – September 20
https://www.worldcleanupday.org/

Museum of Broken Relationships
https://brokenships.com/

 

Circularity Best Cases – with potiential for circularity

Trasmattor (rag rugs), Do-it-yourself, Sweden

 

Morakniv, Östnor, Sweden

Environmental sustainability by design: A case study with Morakniv https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-286897

Knivskarp innovation för framtiden https://www.rondoplast.se/author/mia-perssonpolykemi-se/

 

Crescent bicycles, Varberg, Sweden

Ett svenskt hantverk https://www.crescent.se/produktion

About the STUNS stories Uppsala Waste Map project and Contact

Research questions and project goals

During the whole project period

  • Engage the public in how waste is handled and how this can be improved, through video interviews, social media, or similar communication strategies.

Part 1

  • Collect data on what is discarded in Uppsala, what happens downstream, and where the waste goes. Where is it handled and processed? How much can actually be recycled (retain its value) and how much can be reused (increase its value) and/or used in a reuse library system?
  • Identify and list relevant Swedish and EU laws as well as Uppsala municipality’s regulations regarding waste, recycling, and circularity.

Part 2

  • Investigate and map the social, societal, health, and ecological impacts of waste in Uppsala.
  • Conduct life cycle analyses and calculations of carbon dioxide and environmental footprints for various types of products and materials linked to waste.

Part 3

  • Create a digital waste map that can also be printed, and which is useful for various waste actors, consumers, and researchers.


Project Report Uppsala Waste Map

Further Reading, Watching and Listening

Histories of the dustheap : waste, material cultures, social justice, Foote, Stephanie, Mazzolini, Elizabeth https://uub.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/46LIBRIS_UUB/d23b4h/alma991018431659007596

Creating Value Out of Waste: The Transformation of the Swedish Waste and Recycling Sector, 1970s–2010s https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-502867

Hokusai’s Great Wave Enters the Anthropocene https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/7/1/203/8167/Hokusai-s-Great-Wave-Enters-the-Anthropocene

 

International, EU, Swedish and Uppsala laws, regulations, action plans and goals

EU: A new Circular Economy Action Plan https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1583933814386&uri=COM:2020:98:FIN

EU: The European Green Deal https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en

Uppsala: En avfallsplan för ett cirkulärt Uppsala https://www.uppsalavatten.se/om-oss/verksamhet-och-drift/avfall/avfallsplan-2023/en-avfallsplan-for-ett-cirkulart-uppsala