Refuse 3.0: Identification of problems within global refuse logistics

Important results from the project

The project has mapped problems related to waste management and quick validated hypotheses linked to these problems, in aim to better address them. Through a holistic approach approach, waste management has been explored regarding trends, statistics and circularity. Typical value chains have been mapped and compared between different countries and companies. In order to illustrate the exchange of value in different actors´ chains more concretely, case studies have also been made.

Expected long term effects

The project resulted in a material that describes waste management in a holistic way with deeper insights in different parts. In order to predict what problems and opportunities the industry will face in the future, trends and statistics have been the basis for research. Based on these, a number of hypotheses have been made and concept ideas have been linked to the respective hypotheses. The ideas, together with other material, have been presented to project partners (Volvo AB) who can push them forward and thus contribute to a more sustainable society.

Approach and implementation

The project performed according to plan (see previous paragraphs) with a number of hypotheses about problems, whereby solution halves to the problems were set up resulting in conceptual ideas. Parts of the conceptual ideas were turbo-validated by matching them with, among other things. trend data, where some trends were seen to accelerate in conjunction with Covid-19. Some turbo-validation will/may occur after the end of the project when Covid-19 affected the project so parts of final validation with/within AB Volvo could not be carried out during spring and early summer 2020.