{"id":450,"date":"2010-07-29T21:37:05","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T21:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=450"},"modified":"2010-08-20T08:12:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T08:12:52","slug":"norway%c2%b4s-environmental-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norway%c2%b4s-environmental-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway\u00b4s Environmental Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Norway is by far the cleanest country I\u00b4ve ever been too. \u00a0Sure, the population density is low, but nonetheless, staten (the state-government) enforces strong regler (rules) regarding taking care of the environment. \u00a0It also helps that the Norwegian people seem to really respect these rules.<\/p>\n

I don\u00b4t think I\u00b4ve seen any hundskit<\/strong> (dog poop) p\u00e5 siden av veien<\/strong> (on the side of the road), in a hage<\/strong> (yard), or i et offentlig sted <\/strong>(a public place). \u00a0And I have seen many hunder <\/strong>(dogs). \u00a0At any small matbutikk (grocery store), you can find small black bags called hundeposer<\/strong> (dog bags) or b\u00e6sjposer<\/strong> (poop bags) that are small and easy to slip into any lomme<\/strong> (pocket).<\/p>\n

I have four n\u00f8kkler<\/strong> (keys) for my leilighet<\/strong> (apartment)-one for rommet mitt <\/strong>(my room), one for postboksen<\/strong> min (my mail box), one for my sportsbod (sports stall-literally a small stall in a garage type place that I can lock up for example a bike, skis, etc. \u00a0Right now I just have my dogs bur-<\/strong>crate in the sportsbod<\/strong>). \u00a0The last n\u00f8kkel<\/strong> is for the s\u00f8ppelkasse<\/strong> (garbage bin) outside. \u00a0What I didn\u00b4t realize until just today is that I am supposed to sort my s\u00f8ppel<\/strong> into different colored poser<\/strong>. \u00a0When the s\u00f8ppel <\/strong>gets picked up and brought to the waste treatment plant, an optical device sorts the poser<\/strong>. \u00a0I\u00b4m sure other countries use this system or something similar to it and I think it is a great idea. \u00a0Better yet, you can go to some place called the \u00b4service center\u00b4(which I haven\u00b4t yet figured out where and what this is) and pick up the poser<\/strong> gratis. \u00a0Now I just need to learn what kind of s\u00f8ppel<\/strong> goes in which color pose<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The only thing I see on the street as far as s\u00f8ppel <\/strong>is used snusposer<\/strong> (tobacco chew bags),\u00a0m\u00e5seskit<\/strong> (sea gull poop), and the occasional package from a late-night p\u00f8lse <\/strong>(hot dog) or kebab. \u00a0Otherwise, cleanliness is quickly noticed.<\/p>\n

Another thing that just came to mind involves shopping carts. \u00a0Although they don\u00b4t have anything to do with s\u00f8ppel, if you want to use a shopping cart in a store, you have to put in a coin (worth a couple of US dollars) to get the cart loose from the others. \u00a0You get your mynt <\/strong>(coin) back when you return your cart to it\u00b4s proper place. \u00a0I thought it was very strange at first and then realized that it is a great way for the company to save money on labor because employees don\u00b4t have to constantly drive the carts back in order and B) the parking lot and store look much cleaner. \u00a0Pretty clever, I think.<\/p>\n

I appreciate the respect and cleanliness the Norwegian people show for their veier<\/strong> (roads), hager <\/strong>(yards), natur<\/strong> (nature), and butikker<\/strong> (stores).<\/p>\n

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i have a key for the middle one to dispose of color coordinated sorted s\u00f8ppelposer<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Norway is by far the cleanest country I\u00b4ve ever been too. \u00a0Sure, the population density is low, but nonetheless, staten (the state-government) enforces strong regler (rules) regarding taking care of the environment. \u00a0It also helps that the Norwegian people seem to really respect these rules. I don\u00b4t think I\u00b4ve seen any hundskit (dog poop) p\u00e5…<\/p>\n

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