Department of Chemistry Engeneering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Waste Manag. 2011 Mar;31(3):536-43. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.09.011. Epub 2010 Oct 16.
Through an agreement with EEE producers, Swedish municipalities are responsible for collection of hazardous waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). In most Swedish municipalities, collection of these waste fractions is concentrated to waste recycling centres where households can source-separate and deposit hazardous waste and WEEE free of charge. However, the centres are often located on the outskirts of city centres and cars are needed in order to use the facilities in most cases. A full-scale experiment was performed in a residential area in southern Sweden to evaluate effects of a system for property-close source separation of hazardous waste and WEEE. After the system was introduced, results show a clear reduction in the amount of hazardous waste and WEEE disposed of incorrectly amongst residual waste or dry recyclables. The systems resulted in a source separation ratio of 70 wt% for hazardous waste and 76 wt% in the case of WEEE. Results show that households in the study area were willing to increase source separation of hazardous waste and WEEE when accessibility was improved and that this and similar collection systems can play an important role in building up increasingly sustainable solid waste management systems.
通过与电气、电子设备（EEE）制造商的协议，瑞典市政当局负责收集危险废物和废弃的电气和电子设备（WEEE）。在大多数瑞典市政当局，这些废物的收集集中在废物回收中心，家庭可以在这里进行危险废物和 WEEE 的源头分类和免费存放。然而，这些中心通常位于市中心的郊区，在大多数情况下，需要使用汽车才能使用这些设施。在瑞典南部的一个住宅区进行了一项全面的实验，以评估一种针对危险废物和 WEEE 的物业近距离源头分类系统的效果。在该系统引入后，结果显示，不正确地将危险废物和 WEEE 混入残余废物或干可回收物中的数量明显减少。该系统实现了危险废物的源头分类比例为 70wt%，WEEE 的源头分类比例为 76wt%。结果表明，研究区域内的家庭愿意在提高可及性的情况下增加危险废物和 WEEE 的源头分类，并且这种和类似的收集系统可以在建立越来越可持续的固体废物管理系统方面发挥重要作用。
