Notes

Sources :https://sweden.se/nature/the-swedish-recycling-revolution/
http://livefreelivenatural.com/sweden-now-recycling-99-percent-trash-heres/

Wouldn’t it be great if no household waste was wasted? If each and every item of refuse was turned into something else – new products, raw materials, gas or at least heat?

Sweden is almost there. More than 99 per cent of all household waste is recycled in one way or another. This means that the country has gone through something of a recycling revolution in the last decades, considering that only 38 per cent of household waste was recycled in 1975 (see chart).

Today, recycling stations are as a rule no more than 300 metres from any residential area. Most Swedes separate all recyclable waste in their homes and deposit it in special containers in their block of flats or drop it off at a recycling station. Few other nations deposit less in rubbish dumps.

The Scandinavian nation of Sweden has set a new precedent in the world of recycling its trash, with a near zero waste amount of 99 percent. Sweden was already ahead of the game back in 2012, when they were recycling 96 percent of their trash, but the three percent jump in just two years is quite impressive.

only 1 percent of their waste ends up in a landfill.

prevention, reuse, recycling, recycling alternatives, and as a last resort, disposal in landfill.

Something as simple as using reusable containers for water and drinks can greatly reduce the amount of trash each person produces per year.