Sweden is a pretty interesting case. Only 1-2% of trash ends up in landfills. Much is recycled [reused], and the rest is burned for energy (heating and electric

Sweden is a pretty interesting case. Only 1-2% of trash ends up in landfills. Much is recycled [reused], and the rest is burned for energy (heating and electricity). An interesting tidbit is that recycling [reuse] rates has increased such that there isn't enough trash to burn (and burning is still much better than landfills). So Sweden now import trash from neighbouring countries. Two light-weight articles: - http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/28/163823839/sweden-wants-your-trash http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/10/28/163823839/swe... - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/sweden-imports-trash_n_1876746.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/sweden-imports-tras... More in-depth, from the organization running Swedens recycling: - http://www.avfallsverige.se/fileadmin/uploads/forbranning_eng.pdf http://www.avfallsverige.se/fileadmin/uploads/forbranning_en...