Tiina Karppinen

Researcher

MSc (tech) (environmental and energy engineering) 
Doctoral Researcher (Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics) 

 

Contact Information 

Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi 
Puhelin: +358 295 251 376 

Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) 
Circular Economy Solutions
Waste
Address: Survontie 9A, 40500 Jyväskylä

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Research Interests 

• Circular economy and waste management
• Sustainability of the circular transition 
• Monitoring the circular economy, social sustainability 
• Evaluation and monitoring of municipal waste management 
• Monitoring and sustainability of reuse 

Projects

• PlastLIFE – Sustainable Circular Economy of Plastics, EU LIFE SIP, 2023–2029
• Indicators for the Plastics Roadmap for Finland, Ministry of the Environment, 2023–2024 
• Biojätteen erilliskeräyksen laajuus ja trendit valituilla toimialoilla (BIOKERÄ), Ministry of the Environment, 2023–2024
• CIRCWASTE – Finland Towards a Circular Economy, EU LIFE IP, 2016–2023

Membership

• Eionet Working Group on Circular Economy and Resource Use 
• EPA Network Interest Group on Green and Circular Economy 

Publications

ORCID iD

• Pitkänen, K., Karppinen, T.K.M., Kautto, P., Pirtonen, H., Salmenperä, H., Savolahti, H., Schubin, E. & Myllymaa, T. 2023. How to measure the social sustainability of the circular economy? Developing and piloting social circular economy indicators in Finland. Journal of Cleaner Production, 392, 136238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136238  
• Pitkänen, K., Karppinen, T. K. M.; Kautto, P., Turunen, S., Judl, J. & Myllymaa T. 2020. Sex, drugs and circular economy. What are the social impacts of the circular economy and how to measure them? Handbook of the Circular Economy, Chapter 13, p. 162 –175, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 
• Judl, J., Horn, S. & Karppinen, T. K. M. 2023. Towards a low-carbon plastic waste recycling in Finland: Evaluating the impacts of improvement measures on GHG. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 4, 755-776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-023-00306-w  
• Dahlbo, H., Karvonen, J., Karppinen, T. K. M., Judl, J., Mölsä, K., Salmi, E., Abdulkareem, M., Khan, M., Teittinen, T., Kemppi, J. & Niskanen, A. A review of LCA studies on waste management solutions. Report of the Circwaste project coordinated by the Finnish Environment Institute. https://issuu.com/suomenymparistokeskus/docs/final_circwaste_lca-waste-management-solutions_02  
• Elgorriaga, A., Nylander, A., Pineau, A., Kishna, M., Jensen, P., Colgan, S. & Karppinen, T. K. M. 2023. Measuring progress to a circular economy: socio-economic indicators. EPA Network Interest Group Green and Circular Economy, Discussion Paper. Green and circular economy_Socio_economic indicators report — European Network of the Heads of Environment Protection Agencies (EPAs) (europa.eu) 
• Antikainen, R., Baudry, R., Gössnitzer, A., Karppinen, T. K. M., Kishna, M., Montevecchi, F., Müller, F., Pinet, C. & Uggla, R. 2021. Circular business models: on a way to a circular economy. EPA Network Discussion Paper. https://epanet.eea.europa.eu/reports-letters/reports-and-letters/circular_business_models_interest-group-green-and-circular-economy.pdf