Importing garbage for energy is good business for Sweden

Everyone produces waste, and the Swedes are no different. Its what they do with it that is unusual. Sweden recycles and sorts its waste so efficiently that less than 1 percent ends up in landfills. But perhaps even more interesting, and somewhat controversial, is that Sweden burns about as much household waste as it recycles, over 2 million tons, and converts this to energy. But even with this amount of domestic waste, the countrys 32 wasteto energy (WTE) incineration plants can handle even more. And whe