(Slightly off-topic)
HELSINGBORG - SWEDEN Over the last forty years, Sweden has carried out a recycling revolution, less than one per cent of the domestic waste from Sweden ends up in a landfill. The rest is recycled in different ways.
The issue of waste recycling in large cities and agglomerations is an important issue. The cities produce a considerable amount of waste. What can we do with it? Sweden, a pioneer in this field, offers a very beneficial alternative for cities.
Urban:
- Recycling stations are not more than 300 meters from a residential area.
- Incineration plants emit 99.9% of non-toxic smoke from carbon dioxide and water.
- Garbage facilities directly connected to a recycling station.
- Reduction of small recycling stations.
Social:
- Swedes separate all recyclable waste in their homes and deposit it in special containers in their apartment block or in recycling stations.
- Enterprises join forces like H & M: accepts clothing used in exchange for coupons; Optibag: has developed a machine that can separate bags of colorful waste, Waste and Recycling Association CEO, Avfall Sverige, ...
Economic :
- Half of all household waste is burnt and turned into energy.
- Waste is therefore reused, recycled or composted.
Politics:
- Government agency encourages producers to manufacture products that last longer, offering a tax deduction on repairs.
- Garbage trucks and communal vehicles use biogas produced by waste.
Used as much as possible waste for reuse, recycling, composting, energy production, here is a challenge that the city of Helsingborg has raised. The recycling of our waste is a question that arises in all the big cities, we produce a large amount of waste in the cities and then what do we do? Where to store them? Where to transport them? What to do with? Here is an example of a city that has benefited from this waste through urban, social, political and economic interventions.
Contributed by: Antonio, Dao, Joe
