How Do Swedes Organize Their Trash Bins at Home. Can We do the Same?

Swedens has one of the most advanced waste management system in the world. Not only they recycle as best and as much as possible, but they burn their non-recyclable wastes (all the garbage that otherwise ends up in landfills), and use it for energy.
But their success starts with individuals at home. Most Swedes are very aware of the environment and make efforts to sort their garbage in a very organized fashion at home, before it gets picked up by the municipality. In this video I’m showing you how garbage and waste are sorted in a typical Swedish home.
Here are the websites of the two waste management organizations in Sweden for your information:
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fti:
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Note: the video clips showing these facilities were taken directly from their websites.

[@cooltimo]

In my part of the U.S., the refuse centers pull out all recyclables first. All biodegradables are buried. The pit is lined to prevent leaching into the soil. It's layered and compacted. When a large heap is formed, they seal it in, and vented into air tight pipes. The pressure builds as methane builds. It's captured and pumped into a holding tanks. The methane gas is processed and sent to utility companies and sold as natural gas. Much of it is pumped through gas pipes directly into homes, via infrastructure already in place. I wonder if Sweden's burn system, or the sealed, "methane capture" system is more environmentally friendly. 🤔🤔

[@AlidaEco]

Thank you for sharing the information the process. Good question

[@putuwedastama]

Thanks my sister in norkoping,, i like this video.

[@ecopennylife]

Sweden is quite advanced, we have 3 bins, rubbish, recyclables and green (compostables) but in Australia a lot of recycling is just stockpiled as China no longer accepts it, we need to do better.

[@AlidaEco]

I agree. Same in Canada and most places (3 bins if lucky! lol). One reason I love Sweden so much, it feels so good to know that there is almost no waste (less than 1% of their garbage goes to landfill. incredible isn't?). I really hope the ret of the work picks up on this.

[@benktlofgren4710]

@@AlidaEco Sweden has so much to gain from it than countries that do not have cold winters, the burning does not only create electricity it heats water that keeps most of the cities warm during colder periods. We had no coal or gas infrastructure in the 80s/90ies when the change came, only oil or electricity so the change to distance heat system was easy, moat houses and apartments already had warm water radiators. It is not one bit fair to expect countries like the UK to do the same already as their infrastructure relies on coal and gas, or Australia, which has very few homes that need help with heating.

[@TheDaftPL]

Beautifull country... yep. Many years ago...

[@johnknox4293]

thats a lot of compartments in the trash bins

[@mohj6042]

When comes to the compostable bin, do you throw in food loose or use some sort of bag? And also are the bins given by a local authority?

[@karl-erikmumler9820]

I'll answer in her place. Yes, it's provided by local authorities but the system can vary. It has to mesh with the local collection mechanism to be useful. For example; in cities you have to walk a couple of blocks to the recycling center. In semi-suburbs each apartment complex might have a recycling center. It varies a lot tbh as each area will handle their duties however it works for them within the set rules. Edit: tbf though it just hit me that I live in the middle of the city and have recycling in the basement of the apartment complex. Aluminum cans however have to be taken to your local food store if you wish to reclaim the 1 sek deposit you paid when buying them.

[@m.e.345]

Why do some people make the effort to recycle and others do not? In North America, most municipalities gave up asking their citizens to segregate their reyclables.

[@AlidaEco]

It's sad isn't it? We need a better way of doing this. There are so many issues with recycling Plastic that as you may no, it's not quite the solution for most places in the world. The best way to think, is the waste management hierarchy. Which is for most to Refuse, then reduce, reuse and at the very end to recycle. kzbin.infoN4WpQC81UkU?feature=share

[@kasity]

I've lived in Sweden my whole life and I was shook when I went to big cities in the UK and US. It was horrible for someone who always makes sure to recycle. In swedish fast food places, we always have a recycling station where we seperate the different types of packaging (i.e plastic, paper etc.). But when I went to big cities in the US and UK there was just one bin for everything. It felt wrong throwing everything away in one bin, and then the trash bag was just put on the street to be picked up at night. I found it extremely strange seeing as recycling is such a big part of my daily life and its so simple

[@AlidaEco]

Hello Kasity. Thank you for the comment. Yes I know exactly what you mean. The times I live in Sweden, it feels great when comes to waste Management. Its a wonderful system and both the government, companies and people are part of doing their part. Sadly this feeling disappears when you are in most other places in the world. 😔

[@kathleennorton7913]

What do they do with their plastics? Most aren't actually recyclable. What about CO2 emissions from burning all that garbage, not to mention other pollutants?

[@MaDmanex100]

Burn for energy i think. We even buy garbage from other countries so we burn it.

[@michaelevervall9889]

When we burn trash at the heating plants that can't be recycled here in Sweden the exhaust fumes are filtered and the particles neutralized.