Pant på allt : En undersökning om förekomsten av förpackningsskräp itre olika socioekonomiska områden och effekten av pant påalla förpackningar som åtgärd mot nedskräpning.

Sammanfattning: Waste is common in Swedish urban environments, most of this waste consists of cigarette butts and snus but some of it is packaging waste. The degradation of packaging waste leads to the spread of microplastics, chemicals, sharp metals, and glass. It also contributes to disorder which can lead to increased crime. Swedish municipalities pay billions (SEK) annually to clean up and the environmental and social effects has an unknown cost on society. This report’s purpose was to investigate how the amount of packaging waste in three different socioeconomic areas and the people living there would be affected by a deposit on all packaging. To achieve this, a field study in Örebro was performed where packaging waste was counted. The results showed that the area with the largest socioeconomic challenges had the most packaging and that plastic and paper packaging were the most common in all areas. The report concludes that less populated areas with socioeconomically beneficial conditions generate more packaging waste than areas with larger populations and less beneficial conditions. As a measure against packaging waste this report proposes introducing a deposit on all packaging. The recycling statistics for packaging with a deposit on indicate that it would be anefficient measure. It might cause a change in behavior which would reduce the presence of packaging waste. This would lead to a reduced spread of microplastics, chemicals, sharp metals and glass, a reduction in disorderand crime while also reducing the costs these problems bring.