| Summary: | With the current demand for more products, our natural resources will not last for long. Eachyear we consume about 120-130 billion tons of natural resources, which has a high probability ofincreasing as the human population is estimated to be more than nine billion people by the endof 2050. It is necessary to adapt to a circular economy and prioritize material recycling so thatone may stop this depletion of natural resources. The main purpose of this study was to examinehow material recycling works in multi-family housing and whether it differs between real estatecompanies within Umeå municipality. In addition, the amount of incorrectly sorted waste wascompared between the companies. Two surveys were constructed to get the necessary answers,one for tenants and one for property managers. Results from the two surveys showed nosignificant connection between how property managers work regarding recycling and tenants’satisfaction with their current recycling conditions. There were significant differences in howmany fractions the real estate companies offered to collect and how satisfied their tenants werewith the recycling rooms. The tenants wished for cleaner recycling rooms, more informationregarding how to recycle and what happens with the waste as well as sorting equipmentincluded in their apartments. To further improve material recycling in multi-family housing it isnecessary to offer smart recycling solutions in the apartments, regular cleaning of all therecycling rooms and distribute recurring multi-language information regarding recycling.
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