Fossil-free transportation
in Stockholm Old Town

ElectriCITY, together with Remondis, Gamla Stan i Samverkan, Gamla Stan’s Business Association, Trafikverket, Ellevio, and Edeva, will work on establishing a framework agreement and joint procurement for fossil-free waste transportation for property owners and business associations in Gamla Stan through the project Framework Agreement for Fossil-Free Transport (RAFT).

The project is part of STOLT (Stockholm Local Transitions), a collaborative initiative involving businesses, academia, and civil society aimed at achieving the city’s goal of a fossil-free inner city by 2030. STOLT is driven by the City of Stockholm as a consortium of 20 participants, with Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency providing co-financing. Activities carried out by STOLT are part of Viable Cities’ initiative for climate-neutral cities by 2030.

GOAL
The goal of Framework Agreement for Fossil-Free Transport (RAFT) is to initiate and launch framework agreements and joint transportation procurements for recyclable materials from property owners and businesses, with requirements for transitioning to electric transport to and from properties.

The work is expected to contribute to fewer and fossil-free transports, which means reduced emissions, as well as the dissemination of a methodology for designing framework agreements that require fossil-free transport.

IMPLEMENTATION
The project will build on experiences from Hammarby Sjöstad by initiating or scaling up local property and business associations in Gamla Stan to manage framework agreements.

Once the framework agreements for fossil-free transport of recyclable materials are implemented, members of local property and business associations can call on these agreements for fossil-free transport, thereby lowering costs for the collection of recyclable materials.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES
The majority of recyclable materials from property owners and businesses in Gamla Stan should be transported using fossil-free methods, and it should be profitable for all actors, including property and business associations, who can continue managing framework agreements after the project ends.

The concept should be scalable and applicable to other districts and property and business associations.