Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweden imports millions of metric tons of trash from other countries per year, using the garbage to fuel its waste-to-energy ...

For most countries, running out of garbage sounds like a fantasy. For Sweden, it’s reality, a surprising outcome that shows a nation fully committed to sustainability. Over the years, Sweden has built ...

In the vast majority of countries, landfills are growing at an unsustainable rate. According to the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), 40% of worldwide waste ends up in open, uncontrolled ...

STOCKHOLM — On a chilly autumn morning in the Norra Djurgården district, a woman holding a small garbage bag hustled out of her apartment toward a trio of nondescript metal bins next to her building, ...

Helsinki-based ZenRobotics Ltd. has announced a ZenRobotics Recycler waste sorting system has been operational at Carl F AB in Malmoe, Sweden, since February 2017. The company says this is the first ...

Sweden imports trash from other countries because it does not have enough to fuel its waste-to-energy plants that produce electricity and heating. Rating: Mostly True (About this rating?) What's True: ...