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Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has run out of rubbish
- rasz 7y agotldr: they "recycle" by burning everything
- eesmith 7y agohttps://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/no-sweden-does-not-recycle-99-percent-its-waste.html https://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/no-sweden-does-not-... says "they incinerate about 50 percent of their waste to make heat and energy." Followed by "And even in their own website, they admit that is not the best approach, that it is not really recycling, and that it takes less energy to actually recycle and reuse than it does to burn and manufacture a replacement from scratch." ... "In summary: Incineration is not recycling, and therefore Sweden does not recycle 99% of its waste."
- sytelus 7y agoThis article is non-sensical. Recycling is a huge technology problem. It requires ability identify several different kind of material precisely from a massive hodge-podge, classify them and treat them individually. I don't think anyone has solved this problem, let alone solving in cost effective way so you come out revenue positive. The most "recylers" take easy route of dumping, burning etc. This article says Sweden burns "recyclables" to generate heat for winter. I would assume they only do this for high quality papers. There is no technology advances described in this article.
- esyir 7y agoOr you could get people to sort them into various recycling bins. This is how it is in Japan, amongst other nations. A good chunk of this recycling problem can go away with the right culture.