Sweden is so great at reusing waste, that for quite a long while, it has imported junk from different nations to keep its reusing plants going. Less than 1 percent of Swedish household waste was sent to landfill a year ago or any year since 2011. For what reason would we say we are sending waste to Sweden? Their framework is so long ways ahead in view of a culture of taking care of the environment. Sweden was one of the main nations to actualize a heavy tax on fossil fuels in 1991 and now sources almost half its electricity from renewable.

Swedish people are quite keen on being out in nature and they are aware of what we need to do on nature and environmental issues. People here have worked on communications for a long time to make people aware not to throw things outdoors so that they can recycle and reuse,” according to the director of communications for Avfall Sverige, the Swedish Waste Management’s recycling association.

After some time, Sweden has actualized a strong national reusing policy so that despite the fact that privately owned companies attempt a large portion of the matter of importing and burning waste, the energy goes into a national heating system to heat homes through the freezing Swedish winter. "That is a key reason that people here have this district network, so they can make utilization of the heating from the waste plants. In the southern part of Europe they don't make utilization of the heat from the waste, it just goes out the fireplace. Here people utilize it as a substitute for fossil product.

Sweden’s heating network is not without its detractors. They argue that the country is dodging real recycling by sending waste to be incinerated. Paper plant managers say that wood fibre can be used up to six times before it becomes dust. If Sweden burns paper before that point it is exhausting the potential for true recycling and replacing used paper with fresh raw material.

Swedish municipalities are separately putting resources into futuristic waste collection techniques, as mechanized vacuum systems in residential blocks, expelling the requirement for collection transport, and underground container systems that free up road space and dispose of any smell.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling-is-so-revolutionary-the-country-has-run-out-of-rubbish-a7462976.html