Joakim Johansson

Senior associate professor

Publications

2023

2022

2021

News

Joakim Krook, Björn Wallsten och Nils Johansson forskar kring deponier som gruvor

Political obstacles to mineral recycling

We are keen to discuss how to bring about a sustainable society, but we seldom discuss how we manage resources. Nils Johansson shows in his doctoral thesis that current policies lead to an increased waste of mineral resources, not the reverse.

The forgotten mines

Metal prices are rising while large amounts of copper and other metals lie buried in the ground, forgotten, and of no use. The concentration is greatest in landfills and under cities. The mines of the future are now being explored.

Dig where you stand

There are many good reasons for excavating Sweden’s landfills in search of valuable metals. But it is not happening. In his licentiate degree thesis, Nils Johansson sought an explanation as to why we prefer searching in space to mining our own rubbish tips.