Why Don't We Burn Our Trash?
Sweden is able to recycle 99% of their trash, some of which they burn. Why isn't this practiced in the United States? Read More: 99 Per Cent Of Sweden's Garbage Is Now Recycled http://www.huff...
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My solution to most of my problems is to light them on fire. Why can’t garbage be one of those problems? HI, I’m Julian, this is DNews. Americans make a lot of trash, according to the EPA in 2012 the average person made 1,600 pounds of solid waste that year, about 45% more than the average european. About 55% of that goes in a landfill, so to translate that, if you’re an average american, you were responsible for burying 880 pounds of trash in 2012. Is there something that garbage could be doing besides just sitting there? Sweden thinks so. Only about 1% of swedish trash ends up in a landfill. The rest is almost evenly split between being recycled and burned for energy. Sweden actually burns so much trash they import 700,000 tons of it from europe i...
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My solution to most of my problems is to light them on fire. Why can’t garbage be one of those problems? HI, I’m Julian, this is DNews. Americans make a lot of trash, according to the EPA in 2012 the average person made 1,600 pounds of solid waste that year, about 45% more than the average european. About 55% of that goes in a landfill, so to translate that, if you’re an average american, you were responsible for burying 880 pounds of trash in 2012. Is there something that garbage could be doing besides just sitting there? Sweden thinks so. Only about 1% of swedish trash ends up in a landfill. The rest is almost evenly split between being recycled and burned for energy. Sweden actually burns so much trash they import 700,000 tons of it from europe i...
