A master thesis from Aalborg University
From wasteful to resourceful Bornholm - a social practice perspective on circular economy initiatives for recycling sites on Bornholm.
Author(s)
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-01-04
Pages
97 pages
Abstract
This thesis explores how recycling sites on Bornholm can be improved in order to reach their vision of being without waste in 2032. This is explored through a comparative case study of the Regional Municipality of Bornholm and the Municipality of Kolding in Denmark. Firstly, similarities and differences of the two cases are found and a cross-case analysis of the two cases’ initiatives on the recycling sites are carried out. Secondly, the thesis discusses which initiatives that can be recommended to Bornholm. The theoretical framework of the thesis is practice theory. The empirical material consists of interviews, field observations and desk research. The first part of the thesis finds that Bornholm - compared to Kolding - has a high coverage of sites when it comes to population, visitors and amounts of waste, but has a lower recycling rate. The recycling sites on Bornholm are small, old and in a bad condition in contrast to Kolding’s new, bigger and modern site. A comparison of the initiatives on both recycling sites, shows that there are several initiatives from Kolding in which Bornholm can learn from. It also shows that waste prevention and repair is difficult to facilitate on a recycling site. The second part of the thesis finds that fourteen initiatives can be recommended to implement on the recycling sites on Bornholm. Three of them support prevention, three reuse, two repair, four recycling and two are initiatives that are making the sites user-friendly. Some of the initiatives are based on the cross-case analysis with Kolding, some are based on interviews with experts and some are based on interviews on Bornholm.
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