I examensarbetet har mekaniska och biogeokemiska egenskaper karaktäriserats på en mekaniskt upparbetad deponirest från Ragn-Sells Avfallsbehandling AB, Högbytorp. Mekanisk upparbetning innebär att färskt och utgrävt hushålls- och industriavfall genomgår krossning följt av utsortering av metall samt utsortering av brännbart material genom siktning. Deponiresten ska efter upparbetning deponeras. Syftet med upparbetningen är att minska innehållet av organiskt och brännbart material, minska deponeringsvolym, utvinna återvinningsbara material samt regenerera deponeringsyta. Den upparbetade deponiresten som karaktäriserades var < 18 mm och provneddelades med hjälp av strängmetoden och spaltdelningsapparat.

This paper constitiutes graduate work at the Swedish University of Agriculture Science, the Department of Urban and Rural Development, Ultuna. The main objective of this work has been, in part, using the municipality of Runby as an example, to test different inventory and analysis methods directed towards a sociotopic usage perspective. A secondary objective has been, based on knowledge obtained from current research results concerning the usage of green areas, to transfer the analysis results to a proposal for a free space planning over Runby. People living in the countryside often have good access to nature as well as access to a garden of their own. In the city, however, there are considerably less people that have access to a private outdoor spaces so the parks become a type of public living room for all the inhabitants. Through the lack of private green spaces and through the anonymity of the city, an inviting atmosphere is created towards spending time in the park.