<p>In Sweden, responsibility for the collection and recycling of packaging and newspapers lies with the producers. Therefore, the major producers created a joint</p><p>collection with 5800 recycling stations. The stations are the responsibility of a coordinating body, Förpacknings och Tidningsinsamlingen (FTI) which ensures Government regulations are adhered to by the producers.</p><p>In 2006, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carried out an evaluation of the collection of packaging and newspapers. EPA´s research showed</p><p>that 80 percent of households were satisfied with the collection but that there were also shortcomings, including problems with littering at the recycling stations.</p><p>We have tried to approach the litter issue from different angles in order to suggest</p><p>possible measures to reduce the problem. An important aspect proved to be uncertainties regarding the concept of operators.</p><p>As there are currently many parties involved in the collection process this lead to the issue of who is legally considered as the operator of the recycling stations. We discovered, when we studied the subject, that there had been some reorganization of FTI's activities, which we believe contributes to making the question of who is to be</p><p>regarded as operators clearer.</p><p>We have also examined FTI's and the municipalities environmental offices’ approach to the problem. Overall, the survey shows that the degree of cooperation between FTI and the environmental offices is at a satisfactory level, but that there are differences in how the problem is perceived, particularly in regard to the cause of the litter.</p><p>Based on the investigation, we have come up with some suggestions for actions that may contribute to a reduction in litter and further enhance cooperation between the</p><p>municipalities’ environmental offices and FTI.</p><p>Some conclusions we have reached are that EPA should provide clearer guidance on the question of what constitutes an appropriate collection and that the municipalities’ environmental offices should be invited to the consultations between FTI and the municipalities regarding the recycling stations on a regular basis.</p>

In Sweden, responsibility for the collection and recycling of packaging and newspapers lies with the producers. Therefore, the major producers created a joint collection with 5800 recycling stations. The stations are the responsibility of a coordinating body, Förpacknings och Tidningsinsamlingen (FTI) which ensures Government regulations are adhered to by the producers. In 2006, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carried out an evaluation of the collection of packaging and newspapers. EPA´s research showed that 80 percent of households were satisfied with the collection but that there were also shortcomings, including problems with littering at the recycling stations. We have tried to approach the litter issue from different angles in order to suggest possible measures to reduce the problem. An important aspect proved to be uncertainties regarding the concept of operators. As there are currently many parties involved in the collection process this lead to the issue of who is legally considered as the operator of the recycling stations. We discovered, when we studied the subject, that there had been some reorganization of FTI's activities, which we believe contributes to making the question of who is to be regarded as operators clearer. We have also examined FTI's and the municipalities environmental offices’ approach to the problem. Overall, the survey shows that the degree of cooperation between FTI and the environmental offices is at a satisfactory level, but that there are differences in how the problem is perceived, particularly in regard to the cause of the litter. Based on the investigation, we have come up with some suggestions for actions that may contribute to a reduction in litter and further enhance cooperation between the municipalities’ environmental offices and FTI. Some conclusions we have reached are that EPA should provide clearer guidance on the question of what constitutes an appropriate collection and that the municipalities’ environmental offices should be invited to the consultations between FTI and the municipalities regarding the recycling stations on a regular basis.

Tidigare studier visar att återvinningsstationer med en god lokalisering och tillgänglighet ökar människors benägenhet till att källsortera. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur Östersunds återvinningsstationer kan lokaliseras för en ökad tillgänglighet och därmed en förbättrad insamling av hushållsavfall. Uppsatsen analyserar dagens återvinningsstationer och människors attityder till källsortering i syfte att presentera en optimerad lokalisering av Östersunds återvinningsstationer. Metoden består av en litteraturstudie, en enkätundersökning, fältobservationer samt en statistik-­ och tillgänglighetsanalys av stadens befolkning och trafikflöden. Östersunds tolv återvinningsstationer är idag lokaliserade intill handelsplatser och bilvägar i utankanten av stadens bostadsområden. Anläggningarna utnyttjar inte sin maximala tillgänglighet och begränsar därmed människor utan bil att källsortera. Enligt enkätundersökningen var människor nöjda med återvinningsstationernas placering och tillgänglighet men ansåg att belysning och renlighet var dålig. Det behövs fjorton återvinningsstationer i Östersund för att tillfredställa stadens behov. Sex av fjorton anläggningar kan behålla sin nuvarande position medan åtta måste omlokaliseras till nya platser. Om uppsatsens lokaliseringsalternativ implementeras kommer anläggningarnas tillgänglighet att öka eftersom fler människor och förbipasserade fordon omfattas av återvinningsstationerna i jämförelse med dagens situation. För att möjliggöra en central lokalisering bör anläggningarna anpassas efter den miljö där de etableras i syfte att framstå som mer visuellt attraktiva och därmed uppmuntra förbipasserande människor till att källsortera.