This thesis explores China’s policies on and practice of e-waste management, especially in the case of used mobile phones, by applying the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). It aims to paint the picture of current policies and implementation pertaining to e-waste management in China, focusing particularly on producer responsibility and on a selected product group (mobile phones). I

The essay "Iona Inspired Services in the Church of Sweden - A Study of the Weekly Mass within the Diocese of Lund", written by Anna Nilsson, at Lund University Center for Theology and Religious Studies, and examined 2009-11-12. Initially, what gave ground to this essay is a personal interest in liturgy and worship, from which I have developed a deeper interest in the liturgy of Iona Abb

The cocoa sector is of vital importance to Ghana, employing millions of people and contributing important revenues to the government. In order to raise prices received by producers and to increase overall performance of the cocoa sector, a number of reforms were undertaken, where the most important opened up the internal market to competition. The thesis examines how the reforms of the Ghanaian co

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur de förtroendevalda revisorerna arbetar för att driva igenom förändringar i den kommunala verksamheten i olika kommuner och vad andra aktörer i och utanför kommunerna anser om arbetssättet och den kritik som revisorerna framför. Vi har sett att det finns skillnader i hur revisorerna arbetar och att dessa skillnader till stor del beror på budgeten för re

This study illustrates in detail the Hull and White reduced-from model for pricing CDS spreads and applied the model to real bond data. Following the assumption of the model, that the yield spread between a defaultable bond and a default-free bond only captures the probability of default, we aim at calculating a number of static CDS spread. To attain the CDS spread for different reference entities

This thesis has sought to answer the question if Sweden is comparatively advantageous in the trade with emission allowances in the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in 2005-2008. By analyzing the emission levels in the Swedish greenhouse gas abundant sectors and the compliance to the EU ETS, it was shown that Swedish production outperformed the emission targets every year studied, leaving a larg

Studiens syfte är tvådelat. Uppsatsen syftar till att försöka tydliggöra några av de sätt som sex och sexualitet konstrueras på vid psykologprogrammet i Lund. På längre sikt syftar den empiriska studien även till att öppna upp för en förändringspotential när det gäller undervisningen om sexualitet på psykologprogrammet. Studien genomfördes inom en socialkonstruktionistisk teoriram och baseras på f

In this study, opportunities for utilizing biogas produced from anaerobic digestion of different organic wastes as a vehicle fuel in South Korea have been investigated, using experiences from Sweden as a basis for analysis. Strategic governmental policies and financial support have enabled many municipalities in Sweden to successfully develop biogas/biomethane as a locally produced renewable fuel.

Ensuring energy security, eradicating energy poverty, and reducing GHG emissions from the energy sector are some of the key reasons why energy efficiency will be addressed in the Ukraine. The residential sector, being among the major energy consumers in the national economy, has a large energy saving potential. Multi-storey residential buildings currently require general refurbishment, and this fa

This thesis provides an insight into Jamaica’s energy situation and its electricity sector through the barriers that prevent the implementation of renewable energy. In both the energy sector and electricity sub-sector the need to incorporate alternative energy sources, it has revealed, is becoming more apparent with increasing oil prices, widening debt burdens and rising unemployment, among others