{"id":5850,"date":"2012-09-26T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2014-06-26T22:16:06","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:16:06","slug":"swedish-soprum-and-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-soprum-and-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Soprum and recycling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever entered a garbage room in Sweden? If you have did you find it logical or just plain confusing? There actually is a really good set-up for it, with different containers for the different materials you are supposed to sort out and recycle. The main different types being; cardboard, paper (newspapers), plastic, metal, compost and batteries.<\/p>\n

To make things easier for people and to encourage them to actually compost, many municipalities provide brown compost paper bags for people to use for free.<\/p>\n

Since the garbage collection is run by the municipality people have to pay a fee (either included or excluded in their rent) for garbage collection.<\/p>\n

Almost all of the paid income tax goes straight to the municipalities. In exchange it is their responsibility to provide healthcare, education, garbage removal etc. The municipality usually employes different companies to do this. In most cases around Sweden ( if not all ) there are recycling containers in the nearby vicinity and it is not uncommon to have a garbage room in the same or next door building.<\/p>\n

Here come some pictures of what the containers look like, in case you want to try out the whole recycling experience.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is the container for the “normal garbage” ie. Everything that can’t be\u00a0separated\u00a0into all the other\u00a0containers. Br\u00e4nnbart <\/strong>means burnable.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is the container for cardboard, hard paper and newspapers. Pappersf\u00f6rpackningar <\/strong>means paper containers.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is the container for both hard and soft plastic. Plastf\u00f6rpackningar <\/strong>means plastic containters. H\u00e5rd <\/strong>means hard and mjuk <\/strong>means soft.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As you by now might have guessed f\u00f6rpackningar <\/strong>means packaging\/containers, so this time it is for metal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>F\u00e4rgat glas <\/strong>means colored glass.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So this one must mean uncolored glass.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Komposterbart <\/strong>means that it is compostable!! Woopie! Though you shouldn’t put lemons, limes or banana peels in here since they take such a long time to disintegrate.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Deponirest<\/strong>\u00a0can be translated as “Landfill waste”, meaning that it can’t be recycled, burned or reused. So it gets collected and used as a “filler” on some garbage tips, depending on the location. Things that get recycled here are usually made up out of several different materials, making it hard to recycle because they are hard to\u00a0separate.<\/p>\n

Here come some uplifting facts about recycling in Sweden: \u00a0 (The facts are according to a Swedish site which was made to help the public understand how Sweden takes care of it’s garbage. Check the site out\u00a0here<\/a>)<\/p>\n