Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate

Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate | Grist

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Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate

Every country should be so lucky as to have Sweden’s problem: It doesn’t produce enough garbage. As reported by Public Radio International , Sweden has a remarkably effective recycling program. Only 4 percent of the country’s waste ends up in landfills, with the other 96 percent being reused in some way. There is one problem with that, however: The country has incinerators that burn waste to create heat (a must-have in the region) and electricity. And too little waste means not enough fuel for those fires. Sweden’s electricity production, in kilowatt-hours by population. Note that the country is increasingly using incinerated biofuels and waste (green line). (Data from Wikipedia .) Catarina Ostlund, Senior Advisor for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, said the country is producing much less burnable waste than it needs. … However, they’ve recently found a soluti...

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@EcoLogic_mk » 25 Sep '12, 11am
Едноставно ПЕРФЕКТНО......комплетно искористување на своето ѓубре....па уште и да фали.....СЕКОЈА ЧЕСТ! [link]
@unaddle » 19 Sep '12, 4pm
Aspire! “@Honest: #Didyouknow: Sweden recycles 96% of its trash? Maybe we could learn a thing or two! [link]”
@sicilja » 19 Sep '12, 4pm
Yes I dId know :) RT @Honest: #Didyouknow: Sweden recycles 96% of its trash? Maybe we could learn a thing or two! [link]
@GreenShootsDSD » 19 Sep '12, 4pm
RT @Honest: #Didyouknow: Sweden recycles 96% of its trash? Maybe we could learn a thing or two! [link]
@xjinrui » 19 Sep '12, 9am
Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate - hmm. [link]
@shivanigakhar » 19 Sep '12, 3am
RT @mrleetv: Supposedly, Sweden recycles ... too well! [link]
@anjefelipe » 18 Sep '12, 7am
WOW! GO SWEDEN! [link] Tara let's export Payatas!
@snowman_73 » 17 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @MatthewCallaway: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate | Grist [link]
@gfmanlleu » 17 Sep '12, 7pm
RT @MoreLikeMuir: Sweden recycles so efficiently, it has to import garbage. #amazing #examplefortheworld [link]
@MoreLikeMuir » 17 Sep '12, 7pm
Sweden recycles so efficiently, it has to import garbage. #amazing #examplefortheworld [link]
@UrbanGreenLab » 17 Sep '12, 3pm
See what Sweden has to do because they don't have enough garbage! [link]
@RobModdemeijer » 17 Sep '12, 8am
Kijk, als je flink aan de #recycle gaat kan het ook zo! (Zweden in de problemen) [link] #energie #duurzaam #milieu
@ResurseDurabile » 17 Sep '12, 7am
Suedezii locuiesc intr-un stat unde sunt prea putine gunoaie! Sunteti putin invidiosi pe ei? [link]
@ResurseDurabile » 17 Sep '12, 7am
Suedezii locuiesc intr-un stat unde sunt prea putine gunoaie! Sunteti putini invidiosi pe ei? [link]
@Iris_Estrada » 16 Sep '12, 11pm
Too bad we're not all like Sweden -> Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link]
@PacificForest » 16 Sep '12, 9pm
Minimalist Sweden is actually importing trash [link] @grist
@mrleetv » 15 Sep '12, 4pm
Supposedly, Sweden recycles ... too well! [link]
@lipinter » 15 Sep '12, 2pm
Awesome. RT @cbaginski: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link] via @grist #green
@ethosolve » 14 Sep '12, 8pm
RT @SustainableMan: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link]
@WinstonOnEnergy » 14 Sep '12, 3am
Sweden recycles so effectively it has to import garbage for incineration [link] << 4% of waste in landfills
@AstridBijou » 13 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @George_Project: "Sweden’s problem: It doesn’t produce enough garbage." [link] @grist @ClimateReality
@LordeBarrington » 13 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @AniKnits: RT @Dothegreenthing: Swedens big rubbish problem: they don't have enough trash. [link] via @Grist #Swedenisa ...
@HotwireNZ » 13 Sep '12, 11pm
Recycling and rubbish in Sweden, it's a carbon merry go round via @Dothegreenthing and @Grist [link]
@aman_eamanii » 13 Sep '12, 11pm
RT @Dothegreenthing: Swedens big rubbish problem: they don't have enough trash. [link] via @Grist #Swedenisamazing
@Dothegreenthing » 13 Sep '12, 11pm
Swedens big rubbish problem: they don't have enough trash. [link] via @Grist #Swedenisamazing
@theBullDozzer » 13 Sep '12, 10pm
"@grist: Every country should strive to have the problem Sweden faces: It doesn’t produce enough garbage [link]" fail/win?
@jarizna » 13 Sep '12, 10pm
Suecia recicla de manera tan efectiva la basura que necesita importar más para incinerarla. [link]
@SWEDISHWALKING » 13 Sep '12, 6pm
RT @Amina_Semlali: Sweden is so good at recycling it imports 800k tons of garbage!! #Sweden #recycling [link]
@Amina_Semlali » 13 Sep '12, 6pm
Sweden is so good at recycling it imports 800k tons of garbage!! #Sweden #recycling [link]
@alejavierp » 13 Sep '12, 6pm
para los que no saben lo que es desarrollo: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate. [link]
@George_Project » 13 Sep '12, 5pm
"Sweden’s problem: It doesn’t produce enough garbage." [link] @grist @ClimateReality
@_Carmen_Isabel_ » 13 Sep '12, 5pm
@alejavierp @alejandrocjp OMG....[link]
@Splatsoft » 13 Sep '12, 4pm
@RuscombeGreen Maybe GCC should have looked at Sweden first! [link]
@TerraPass » 13 Sep '12, 2pm
RT @grist: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link] #gogreen
@CarolynLaWell » 13 Sep '12, 2pm
Great goal. RT @grist: Every country should strive to have the problem Sweden faces: It doesn’t produce enough garbage [link]
@Campus2Congress » 13 Sep '12, 1pm
how cool is this?! way to go, Sweden! [link]
@KristinFollis » 13 Sep '12, 11am
Good point! RT @grist: Every country should strive to have the problem Sweden faces: It doesn’t produce enough garbage [link]
@_Amrita_A » 13 Sep '12, 3am
RT @HannahSlocs: Mind=blown. Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link] via @grist
@LCPlanner » 13 Sep '12, 2am
This is right up your alley @theclosedloop :D [link]
@HannahSlocs » 13 Sep '12, 2am
Mind=blown. Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link] via @grist
@leung_caroline » 13 Sep '12, 1am
may be I should consider going to Sweden instead of Italy @grist: Problem Sweden faces: not enough garbage produced [link]
@bowtiearchitect » 13 Sep '12, 1am
RT @grist: Every country should have the problem Sweden faces: It doesn’t produce enough garbage [link] aahh..dream on America
@riley_jake » 13 Sep '12, 1am
RT @jashdillon: What if we had the same "problem" as Sweden? It doesn’t produce enough garbage: [link] via @grist
@TrashForPeace » 13 Sep '12, 1am
Can one recycle too much? Apparently yes. But lets strive to be like Sweden! [link]
@jashdillon » 13 Sep '12, 1am
What if we had the same "problem" as Sweden? It doesn’t produce enough garbage: [link] via @grist
@grist » 13 Sep '12, 1am
Every country should strive to have the problem Sweden faces: It doesn’t produce enough garbage [link]
@hornjohnhorn » 13 Sep '12, 1am
Pretty great. RT @grist: "Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link]" #sustainable
@rlnorthcutt » 13 Sep '12, 1am
Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate - only 4% of its waste ends up in landfills. [link]
@vanes223 » 13 Sep '12, 12am
RT @UMDSustainable: Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate [link]
@offtheplateau » 13 Sep '12, 12am
Apparently, Sweden doesn't have enough garbage...it has to import it [link]