Sweden runs out of garbage, forced to import from other countries [MUST READ!!!]
Apparently, Sweden has run out of garbage and have now been forced to import rubbish from other countries to keep its state-of-the-art recycling plants going. The Scandinavian country’s recycling system is so sophisticated that only less than 1 per cent of its household waste has been sent to landfill last year. The country sources almost half its electricity from renewables. “Swedish people are quite keen on being out in nature and they are aware of what we need do on nature and environmental issues. We worked on communications for a long time to make people aware not to throw things outdoors so that we can recycle and reuse,” said Anna-Carin Gripwall, director of communications for Avfall Sverige, the Swedish Waste Management’s recycling association. Sweden, which was one of the first countries to implement a heavy tax on fossil fuels in 1991, has implemented a cohesive national recycling policy so that even though private companies undertake most of the business of importi...