ARVI Material flow analysis of plastic for Finland, Sahimaa

1. Material flow analysis of
plastic for Finland
16.1.2017
Olli Sahimaa &
Helena Dahlbo
Finnish Environment
Institute

2. Content
1. Introduction
2. System definition
3. Uncertainty characterization
4. Finnish national plastic budget

3. 1. Intoduction

4. Purpose of the project
Establish the Finnish national plastics budget for
2013
• Use material flow analysis to investigate and quantify
all plastic flows in Finland
• Identify the key processes, flows and stocks of the
plastics budget

5. Principles of material flow analysis

6. 2. System definition

7. Chemical industry
Incineration
Export
Import
Trade of primary
plastics
Manufacturing and
preparation
Trade and
distribution of
final products
Waste
management
Stock
Consumption
Export
Import Import
Export
Landfill
Recycling
Import
Export
Reuse

8. 3. Uncertainty characterization

9. Uncertainty characterization
Necessary because of:
• Data limitations
• Limited system understanding
• Many different data sources with varying quality and
appropriateness

10. Uncertainty characterization
Total uncertainty of data point:

11. 4. Finnish national plastic budget

12. Finnish national plastic budget in 2013

13. Thank you for your attention!
Contact:
Olli Sahimaa
Research engineer,M.Sc. (Tech.)
Managementof Waste and Effluents
Finnish EnvironmentInstitute SYKE
Mechelininkatu 34 a,00251 Helsinki
Tel. +358 295 251 851
http://www.syke.fi