Sweden has run out of garbage and the country has been forced to import rubbish from other countries to keep its state-of-the-art recycling plants going.
Sweden, which sources almost
half its electricity from renewables, was one of the first countries to implement a heavy tax on fossil fuels in 1991.
Sweden's recycling system is so sophisticated that only less than 1 per cent of its household waste has been sent to landfill last year.
Sweden has implemented a cohesive national recycling policy so that even though private companies undertake most of the business of importing and burning waste, the energy goes into a national heating network to heat homes through the extremely cold winter.
Garbage is used as a substitute for fossil fuel.
Sweden's policy of importing waste to recycle from other countries like the UK was termed as a temporary situation.
There's a ban on landfill in European Union countries, so instead of paying the fine they send it to Sweden as a service.
Sweden is implementing automated vacuum systems in residential blocks that move the need for collection transport and underground container systems.
