Sweden to import trash from Norway

Luggy · 2013-01-16T14:34:08+00:00

Sweden forced to import trash from Norway to create heat and electricityNorway pays Sweden to take its trash, Sweden gets the heat and electricity, and Sweden exports the burned debris back to Norway. Swedes arent producing enough garbage for their successful watse-to-energy program.Comments (8)BY CHARLIE WELLS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWSPUBLISHED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012, 10:20 PMUPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2012, 10:20 PM 622 24 0 Print VATTENFALL/VIA FLICKRThe Uppsala central heat plant at the combined heat and power plant. Sweden is a leading recycler, sending just 4 percent of its trash to landfills. Its waste-to-energy program generates 20 percent of the nations district heating and electricity for a quarter-million homes, but it needs a The deal works out pretty well for Sweden. Norway pays Sweden to take its trash, and Sweden gets heat and electricity and then exports the burned debris back to Norway. Read more: Sweden forced to import trash from Norway to create heat and electricity- - NY Daily News

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Start date Jan 16, 2013

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