Super Bowl and Sweden in today's blog
Posted on by Kolbe
I thought that I should write a blog about the Super Bowl. I mean, it is the Super Bowl after all; considering how much of a blowout it was though, I thought I'd write something maybe a little more interesting to read. Can you imagine living in a world with no trash? A world where everything is recycled in one way or another? Sounds almost utopian, and nearly impossible to achieve. That is, until I learned about how crazy Sweden has gotten with their recycling.
Let's back track a little bit. I'll first explain that Sweden has a trash-burning program where they burn non-recyclable trash and turn it into heat and electricity for the people. This is not the greenest way to get heat and electricity, but that's another story. Sweden also takes their recycling seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they have run out of trash to incinerate for electricity. Because the country recycles so much, they have to import trash from other counties to continue to provide electricity and heat. Now if they would only get some solar panels and skip the trash burning they would be the epitome of green living.