HOW SWEDEN TURNS ITS WASTE INTO GOLD

Landfills are responsible for the release of toxins and harmful substances into the atmosphere. More than half of the world's waste — 59% in fact — ends up in landfills. In the US, they are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions, a gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Methane alone accounts for nearly 15% of the country's total emissions and is associated with air and water pollution, as well as biodiversity loss and land degradation. But this does not apply to Sweden. This is the only country in the world that recycles all its garbage and, in addition, buys it from other countries. The Swedes have learned to make big money out of garbage. So how do they turn trash into gold? We will talk about this in this video. They say that "It's not clean where they clean, but where they don't litter", but the Swedes managed to change it into “It’s clean where they repair, share, and recycle”. One percent of that is exactly how much garbage ends up in Swedish landfills. According to the AvFall Sverige Swedish Waste Management Association, Sweden now recycles more than 99% of household waste.

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[felixwinter]

In Switzerland not to be confused with Sweden we have 30 waste incinerator power plants. In our city we heat 20% of the city buildings and 20% of the electrical power consumed. And recover metal out of the slag and use the minerals and glas to recycle for building materials. The profits we generate is given back to the peoples.

[ivpoeuj]

guys this should be mandatory everywhere even poor countries this is life changing and life saving
for many of

[Edlich]

The powerplant with green grass on top is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. Not Sweden.

[kimberleypex]

This has to be done EVERYWHERE !
Its the best way for making the World green again . Much respect for Sweden 🇸🇪⭐️⭐️⭐️

[johnathanjohnson]

EVERY CITY IN THE USA 🇺🇸 NEEDS
PLEASE

[mrmarcuscars]

My house is heated with hot wather and the shower also have heated water from our town, it comes from burning the waist that is not recycleble. I live in Borås in Sweden. Almost all houses in central town are
heated that way. :)

[pakawonpui]

What an exceptional example for the whole wide world. It should be apply to every single country!

[jaynsilentboom]

This is brilliant, we need this in the US.

[jameseddy]

Very good program and an excellently prepared video.

[MondoBeno]

When I was growing up we had few plastics. Sodas came in metal cans or large plastic bottles, no small or medium ones. Juice was in cartons or frozen. Milk came in cartons, not jugs. Eggs came in paper cartons. Grocery bags were usually paper. Dry cleaning was folded and wrapped in paper and twine.

[SilverGamingFI]

In Finland we recycle alot. In my family we use plastic bags years after they have been bought, usually as backup shopping bags, carrying bottles (you can return for money) and even trashbags. In school we learn ways to grow plants (like tomatoes) and are taught the importance of natural compost

[martinericsson]

For us in sweden its not even a thaught throwing garbage in nature instead of recyckle it. We do it all naturally these dayes and are amaysed that other countries dont do the same.

[Battosai]

I work for a company which builds waste-to-power plants. This is nothing unique to sweden. It also not unknown in the industry. The technoligy is old and mature. Just this year we build 4 of them. 2 in france, 1 in the UK, 1 in spain.

Countries which don't have such plants don't have them because it was not possible to convice the politicians of the country to finance such plants. If capital wouldn't be a limiting factor, these plants would be everywhere. Scarcity of capital is the reason why they are not found in every country.

Another factor is, that the operation of such a plant is more expensive than the operation of a landfil. The biggest revenue stream of such plants is, that they charge a fee for accepting the trash. This is necessery, because the revenue from the energy production is not sufficient to pay the upkeep costs of these plants. Depending in the country and regulations, it can be cheaper to dump the trash into landfills than to operate such a plant. If this is the case, it's difficult to convince the involved parties to pay more for this mode of disposal.

[GnosticElohim]

In Martin County Kentucky they got millions in government funding to build a trash incinerator to produce power but those involved imbezzeled all the money and built a tiny useless plant that doesn't do anything. Those people ne investigated.

[srowell]

Sweden? But half the footage is Denmark?

[kenbearsley]

Give it at least a hundred years and half that might be here in New Zealand. We're so far behind the rest of the world with a lot of things, we're almost the laughing stock. Even our supposed rail network is at least 60 years behind the rest of the world.

[vincewhite]

I always repair till it can no longer be done, and buy 90% used.

[boblearns]

00:37 "But this does not apply to Sweden" (video shows CopenHill, the waste incineration plant in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark). 😂😂😂😂😂😂
04:17 "Therefore the population strongly encourages to sort garbage and handed over for recycling" (video shows a waste system from a German speaking country).😂😂😂😂

[johnschnellbach]

American here. The oil lobby will never allow it. Cuts into their profits.

[kamlee]

I northern Ontario, we do very little in the way of recycling . Everything goes in the landfill, and to this day I still wonder Toronto still sells their garbage to the USA