Askåterföring värt besväret?
en fallstudie av följderna av Stora Ensos försöksverksamhet med askåterföring
This thesis reports on a case study of a forest company, Stora Enso, and their experience from a number of trials and experiments with ash recycling. A literature survey and a total of eleven in-depth interviews were carried out. Ash recycling was found to be the concern of three different divisions of the company. The pulp industry which produces the ash, the forest division which would be responsible for identifying land and spreading the ash, and Stora Research, which has had a major part in the design and implementation of research trials. Lacking an overall company decision on ash recycling the matter is left to the individual divisions. The interviews show that neither the industry nor the forestry divisions pursue an active interest in ash recycling. This is due to, among other things, high costs, incomplete government directives and a goal conflict. The research division which has its interest in ash recycling intact has sometimes acted as a communication channel between the other two divisions. While research has not yet yielded large-scale implementation, the matter is not closed. New research is still being carried out to gain new knowledge.