Overarching measures to increase circular material use

The plan requires that reuse and recycling of materials increase and that products shall last and be able to be reused instead of wearing out and being thrown away. It establishes that politics must set demands on industry and sees circular economy as a key part of the transition. Legally mandated quotas for recycled raw material and reuse at recycling centres are tools for precisely that line.

• increased recyclingdecisive»Återanvändning och återvinning av material behöver öka.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reuse and recycling of materials need to increase.”
• political demands on industry»Politiken kan och måste ställa krav på att industrin ställer om och hjälpa företagen med ett massivt grönt investeringsprogram och satsningar på ny teknik« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Politics can and must set demands on industry to switch and help companies with a massive green investment programme and investments in new technology”
• durable products»produkter som håller och lätt kan återanvändas och delas istället för slit- och släng« (2022 manifesto ↗)“products that last and can be easily reused and shared instead of wear and throw”
• circular economy»Det är en nyckeldel i ett bredare skifte till cirkulär ekonomi och« (party programme ↗)“It is a key part in a broader shift to circular economy and”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan calls for a transition to a circular economy and that the polluter pays in full, which supports the counter-proposal's requirement for statutory quota requirements for recovered raw materials and reuse systems at recycling centres. The plan also means that economic interests must not set limits to democracy, which supports binding requirements rather than voluntariness. Quota requirements as a policy instrument are not explicitly addressed in the documents.

• circular material usedecisive»Omställning till cirkulär ekonomi, för bättre användning av befintliga resurser.« (party programme ↗)“Transition to a circular economy, for better use of existing resources.”
• the polluter pays»Principen om att förorenaren betalar tillämpas fullt ut.« (party programme ↗)“The principle that the polluter pays is applied in full.”
• political governance before market»Ekonomiska intressen ska inte sätta gränser för demokratin.« (party programme ↗)“Economic interests must not set limits to democracy.”
• non-toxic materials»Giftfri miljö med ren luft och rent vatten i hela Sverige.« (party programme ↗)“A non-toxic environment with clean air and clean water throughout Sweden.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan makes it a political task to drive the transition to a circular economy using economic steering and clear rules, where the linear economy is replaced by reuse and recycling of resources. Quota requirements for recycled raw materials and reuse at recycling centres are precisely such rules. The election manifesto furthermore wants to ban products designed to break prematurely.

• steering mechanisms for circularitydecisive»Det är en politisk uppgift att med ekonomiska styrmedel och tydliga regler driva på« (party programme ↗)“It is a political task to use economic steering and clear rules to drive”
• circular resource use»återanvänds, återbrukas och återvinns.« (party programme ↗)“reused, reused and recycled.”
• ban short-lived products»förbjuda produkter som är tillverkade för att gå sönder i förtid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“ban products designed to break prematurely.”
• reuse shall be profitable»Att dela, hyra, reparera, återbruka och återvinna måste bli både enklare och mer lönsamt.« (party programme ↗)“Sharing, renting, repairing, reusing and recycling must become both easier and more profitable.”

The plan shares the goal of a more circular economy but explicitly states the means: right support and regulatory simplifications, and that it shall cost more to pollute. Statutory quotas for recycled raw material and bans on certain materials are instead the kind of detailed steering the plan distances itself from. Therefore the plan speaks against the counter-proposal's demands, despite sharing the goal.

• circularity via support and deregulationdecisive»Sverige ska bli världens mest resurseffektiva land och ekonomin mer cirkulär. Med rätt stöd och regelförenklingar kan vi återvinna och återbruka allt från kläder till mineral och metaller.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall become the world's most resource-efficient country and the economy more circular. With right support and regulatory simplifications we can recycle and reuse everything from clothes to minerals and metals.”
• economic steering instruments»Det ska alltid vara lönsamt att vara miljövårdande och olönsamt att agera miljöförstörande.« (party programme ↗)“It shall always be profitable to be environmentally sound and unprofitable to act as an environmental destroyer.”
• polluter pays»Det ska kosta mer att smutsa ner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall cost more to pollute.”

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The plan states that general and technology-neutral economic policy instruments are the most effective tool and that environmental policy must not become detailed regulation or symbolic politics. Legislated quotas for recycled materials and bans on certain materials are exactly such detailed production regulation. The plan supports the reuse part of the counter-proposal instead.

• technology-neutral instrumentsdecisive»Generella och teknikneutrala ekonomiska styrmedel, såsom« (party programme ↗)“General and technology-neutral economic policy instruments, such as”
• no detailed regulation»De krav på förändring som miljöhoten innebär får inte leda till ökad isolering mellan länder,« (party programme ↗)“The demands for change that environmental threats entail must not lead to increased isolation between countries,”
• distance from symbolic politics»Liberal miljöpolitik tar avstånd från symbolpolitik« (party programme ↗)“Liberal environmental policy distances itself from symbolic politics”
• reuse is affirmed»Avfallets miljöpåverkan ska minskas genom fungerande återanvändning och återbruk.« (party programme ↗)“Waste's environmental impact shall be reduced through functioning reuse and second-hand use.”

The plan explicitly advocates for extended producer responsibility and specifies the waste hierarchy where reuse and material recycling follow after waste prevention, which carries both quota obligations for recycled raw materials and reuse systems at recycling centers. Legislation with prohibitions and limit values is identified as a strategic instrument to be used, which addresses the requirement to investigate prohibitions on certain non-recyclable materials. The plan's requirement to counteract complicated regulations sets a limit at the same time for how the regulation is designed.

• extended producer responsibilitydecisive»För att minska avfallsmängden behövs en kretsloppsanpassad utveckling, bland annat genom ett utökat producentansvar.« (party programme ↗)“To reduce the amount of waste, a circular-economy-adapted development is needed, among other things through extended producer responsibility.”
• the waste hierarchy»främst utgå från att förebygga avfall, sedan följer återanvändning och materialåtervinning.« (party programme ↗)“primarily start from preventing waste, then follows reuse and material recycling.”
• prohibitions and limit values as instruments»Lagstiftning med förbud och gränsvärden, en ekologiskt färgad« (party programme ↗)“Legislation with prohibitions and limit values, an ecologically colored”
• reduced regulatory burden»Byråkrati och krångliga regler ska motverkas.« (party programme ↗)“Bureaucracy and complicated rules shall be counteracted.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to significantly reduce regulatory red tape for businesses and rejects micromanagement of everyday consumption, whereas the counter-proposal requires statutory quota obligations and investigated material bans. The plan's environmental path goes via political instruments in combination with technical development and growth, not via successively raised quota requirements. Symbolic measures without effect are explicitly rejected.

• technology and growth before quota obligationsdecisive(2022 manifesto)
• no micromanaged consumption»Där miljöbovar betalar för sig, men du kan unna dig en plastpåse när du veckohandlar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Where polluters pay for themselves, but you can afford yourself a plastic bag when you do your weekly shopping.”
• reduced regulatory burden»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one third of companies' administrative costs and one third of regulatory red tape”
• no symbolic politics»Klimatpolitiken får aldrig reduceras till dyrbar symbolpolitik eller snäv klimatnationalism.« (party programme ↗)“Climate policy must never be reduced to expensive symbolic politics or narrow climate nationalism.”

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The counter-proposal wants to legislate on quota requirements for recycled raw materials with successively increased demands and investigate prohibition of certain materials. The plan requires that environmental measures be chosen based on most environmental benefit per krona, that new rules be cost-effective and that symbol politics that hinders industry be stopped. General quota requirements and material prohibitions are therefore something the plan speaks against.

• most environmental benefit per kronadecisive»Sträva efter miljöeffektivitet och hitta de åtgärder som ger mest miljö per krona« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Strive for environmental efficiency and find the measures that give the most environment per krona.”
• stop symbol politics»Stoppa symbolpolitik som går ut över möjligheten att bedriva industri och näring« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Stop symbol politics that comes at the expense of the possibility to conduct industry and commerce.”
• cost-effective rules»Nya regler ska vara kostnadseffektiva och befintliga regler behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New rules shall be cost-effective and existing rules need to be reviewed.”
• competitive conditions»Ha skatter på en nivå som inte hämmar svenska företag i den internationella konkurrensen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Have taxes at a level that does not hinder Swedish companies in international competition.”