Actions and attitudes towards recycling a study of Finnish construction companies

Jätehuoltoa on ollut olemassa ensimmäisistä yhteisöistä lähtien. Kuitenkin vasta noin sata vuotta sitten jäte tunnistettiin globaaliksi ongelmaksi ja ratkaisuja sen hoitamiseksi alettiin kehittää. Rakentaminen on energiaintensiivinen ja resursseja vaatia toimiala, josta syntyy merkittävä määrä jätet...

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Main Author: Manninen, Simo
Other Authors: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu, Taloustieteet, Business and Economics, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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description Jätehuoltoa on ollut olemassa ensimmäisistä yhteisöistä lähtien. Kuitenkin vasta noin sata vuotta sitten jäte tunnistettiin globaaliksi ongelmaksi ja ratkaisuja sen hoitamiseksi alettiin kehittää. Rakentaminen on energiaintensiivinen ja resursseja vaatia toimiala, josta syntyy merkittävä määrä jätettä. Tämä vastaa noin kolmasosaa kaikesta jätteestä maailmanlaajuisesti. Vuonna 2008 EU asetti tavoitteeksi kierrättää 70 % rakentamisen jätteestä vuoteen 2020 mennessä. Suomi on jäljessä tästä tavoitteesta, koska tällä hetkellä rakennusjätteen kierrätysaste on 48 %. Heinäkuusta 2022 lähtien Suomen jätelaki vaatii rakennusliikkeitä lajittelemaan erikseen aiempaa enemmän jätejakeita. Aiemmat tutkimukset kertovat, että kierrätysasteen parantamiseksi tarvitaan uusia toimintamalleja ja lainsäädäntöä. Jätehuolto pitäisi myös sisällyttää rakennusliikkeiden toimintaan ja strategiaan. Aiempi tutkimus viittaa myös siihen, että toiminnot ja asenteet vaikuttavat toisiinsa. Tämä tutkimus pyrkii selvittämään millaisia toimenpiteitä rakennusliikkeet tekevät erilliskeräysvelvoitteen eteen ja parantaakseen jätehuoltoa. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan myös toimenpiteiden kytkeytymistä yritysstrategiaan, sekä asenteita jätteen erilliskeräystä kohtaan. Tämän tutkimuksen tulokset osoittavat, että suosituin toimenpide on jätehuollon koulutus ja tiedottaminen. Jotkut rakennusliikkeet ovat sisällyttäneet jätehuollon suoraan strategiaansa. Toisilla se taas kytkeytyy strategiaan muiden ympäristötavoitteiden kautta. Tulokset viittaavat myös siihen, että rakennusliikkeillä on mahdollisuus parantaa jätehuollon strategioita ja kehittää toimintojaan entisestään. Tulosten mukaan rakennusliikkeet seuraavat mieluummin jätteen lajitteluastetta, kun kierrätysastetta. Asenteissa huomattiin joitakin eroja aiempaan tutkimukseen verrattuna, tämä näkyi esimerkiksi asenteissa jätteen vähentämistä kohtaan. Myös johdon sitoutumisen jätehuoltoon huomattiin olevan paremmalla tasolla kuin aiemmin. Lopuksi tulosten pohjalta esitetään kuinka strategia, toiminnot ja asenteet kytkeytyvät toisiinsa. Tämä tutkimus antaa käsityksen rakennusliikkeiden jätehuollon nykytilasta Suomessa sekä erilaisista strategiaan kytkeytyvistä toimenpiteistä rakentamisen jätehuollossa. Waste management has been around since the first societies were formed. However, it was only a century ago that waste was recognized a global problem and developing solutions to address this problem started. Building construction is a high energy and resource demanding industry which constitutes a significant amount of solid waste globally, about one third of global waste is generated by the construction sector. In 2008, the EU set a target to recycle 70% of construction waste by 2020, and with a 48% recycling rate Finland is behind this target. From July 2022 the waste act of Finland obligates construction companies to separately collect more waste fractions. Previous research suggest that actions and legislative measures need to be taken to improve recycling and that waste management need to be considered in the operations and strategy of construction companies. Earlier research also indicates that actions and attitudes affect one another. This study aims to discover actions taken by construction companies to ensure separate collection and enhance waste management. The actions connection to company strategy and the attitudes towards separate collection are studied as well. The results of this study show that the most preferred action taken is education and increasing knowledge. Some companies have waste management goals directly embedded in their strategy while with others the connection is indirect through their other environmental goals. However, the results indicate that all companies have the potential to improve their waste management strategies for better performance. The results also indicate that construction companies prefer to follow the rate of sorting wastes rather than recycling rate. Some change in attitudes towards waste management compared to previous research were discovered. These include attitudes towards waste reduction and higher level of management commitment. Finally, based on the results of this study a connection between strategy, actions and attitudes is proposed. This study provides insight on the current state of construction waste management in Finland as well as the different strategical level actions taken towards waste management in the construction industry.
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title_full Actions and attitudes towards recycling : a study of Finnish construction companies
title_fullStr Actions and attitudes towards recycling : a study of Finnish construction companies Actions and attitudes towards recycling : a study of Finnish construction companies
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title_short Actions and attitudes towards recycling
title_sort actions and attitudes towards recycling a study of finnish construction companies
title_sub a study of Finnish construction companies
title_txtP Actions and attitudes towards recycling : a study of Finnish construction companies
topic environmental strategy Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminen Corporate Environmental Management 20425 jätehuolto kierrätys jätteet asenteet rakennusteollisuus rakennusjätteet waste management recycling wastes attitudes construction industry construction waste
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