Bodø is 7% circular (2020)
- Input circularity 7% 5%
- Output circularity 27% 27%
- Processed materials 359,106 tonnes/year 323,212 tonnes/year
- End of Life (EoL) waste 93,489 tonnes/year 54,803 tonnes/year
- Secondary materials 24,857 tonnes/year 14,667 tonnes/year
Bodø has a population of 52,803 people, which are spread over an area of 1,396 km2. Currently, its local economy is mainly based on "Health & Social Work activities" (26.2%), "Wholesale and retail trade" (12.8%), and "Education" (10.13%) in terms of employees.
It was possible to illustrate that Bodø is a linear and carbon-rich city (90% linear), processing yearly approximately 360 kt of materials, adding 211 kt in the building stock and reinjecting just 20 kt of secondary materials in their economy. From these numbers, the magnitude of the efforts becomes visible. In addition, the "weight" of Bodø can be illustrated through its building stock which amounts to 4,500 kt (or 86 tonnes per capita), which requires continuous flows for both its operation and construction.
Given the land use of Bodø and its local activities, this provides a considerable opportunity to develop a circular bioeconomy. For instance, a significant share of GHG emissions associated with food consumption of Bodø could be reduced by covering animal proteins with local production of food (especially proteins coming from fish). Fish waste could be used for fertilisers or for creating new products. In addition, a part of this biomass (wood) could be used for energetic use reducing the demand of imports and partly GHG emissions. In addition, given the demand for new construction materials needed for the future urban development, local hubs for storing materials for reuse from the construction sector could significantly reduce the use of virgin materials as well as reduce construction and demolition waste generation. Finally, local materials (rammed earth, biomass insulation, timber, etc.) could be used to drastically reduce the amount of concrete (which is carbon intensive) for future urban developments. In addition, the production of local and low carbon construction materials, could develop new jobs and attract the development of new production activities.
Material stock map
Construction sector
It can be summarised that the construction sector in Bodø is quite small compared to the national average. The most number of employees are engaged in building construction, followed by renovation and interior activities. A few actors are regionally and nationally important as well. The largest local companies in the municipality have been established for well over 30 years and have consistently contributed to the development of Bodø, as well as Northern Norway in some cases.
Bodø heavily relies on imports as there is no extraction occurring in its jurisdiction and little circularity in the building material value chain. Apart from direct reuse of lightly contaminated and uncontaminated concrete, and the recycling of recovered insulation, the material flows in the industry are quite linear. The rate of landfilling is quite high and overall, the municipality of Bodø still has a long way to go to make the material flows of their construction sector circular.
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Domestic material consumption15,066 tonnes/year
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End of Life recycling rate0.0009%
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Amount of sector waste141,182 tonnes/year
Urban context
Do you want to learn more about the methods, reports or are keen to carry out an urban or sector-wide circularity assesssment for your or a different city and build your own Sankey diagram? Then check out the resources from Metabolism of Cities:
- Urban Circularity Assessment - Method
- Urban Circularity Assessment - Handbook
- Exisiting urban circularity assessment reports - bottom of the page
- Sector-wide Circularity Assessment - Method
- Sector-wide Circularity Assessment - Handbook
- Exisiting sector-wide circularity assessment reports - middle of the page
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