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Environment & Energy

OnlinePoker

(5,721 posts) Tue Oct 21, 2014, 11:32 AM Oct 2014

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Only 1% of Swedish waste ends up in landfills

The article title is misleading in that they burn half their waste for energy, but it's better than getting no benefit out of it from landfilling.

http://truththeory.com/2014/09/17/sweden-is-now-recycling-99-percent-of-its-trash-heres-how-they-do-it/

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Only 1% of Swedish waste ends up in landfills (Original Post) OnlinePoker Oct 2014 OP

during the oil "shortage" KT2000 Oct 2014 #1

So inspiring! RiverLover Oct 2014 #2

KT2000

(20,581 posts)

1. during the oil "shortage"

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 11:58 AM

Oct 2014

in the 70s they wanted to minimize their dependence on oil so they invested in alternatives. We went to war instead of doing what they did.

RiverLover

(7,830 posts)

2. So inspiring!

Reply to OnlinePoker (Original post)

Tue Oct 21, 2014, 09:27 PM

Oct 2014

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