Sweden has come so far in recycling and environmental policy that the country has actually run out of trash, headlines across the world claim. But this doesn't tell the full story of Sweden's waste management.
The amount of trash being thrown away has increased in Sweden, with almost half a tonne (473 kilograms) of household waste per person in 2017 – an increase of 2.5 percent.
In order to get to grips with increasing plastic waste, Sweden's environment minister said the country would review options including bans, taxes, fees and new container-deposit schemes.
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Swedish customs officials have warned that the country is exporting hazardous electronic waste that risks ending up in developing countries where it could likely cause environmental and health damage.
Over 700 villagers in northern Chile are suing Swedish mining company Boliden for 90 million kronor ($13.8 million) after it paid to have toxic wastes dumped near their village in the eighties, allegedly poisoning thousands of residents.
Waste managers in Sweden's third city may introduce a fine for Malmö residents who don't properly sort their garbage after finding parts of a table in a food waste container.
Swedish private equity firm EQT has agreed to purchase a majority stake in a troubled waste incineration business owned by E.ON, Germany's biggest power supplier.
The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten) has asked nuclear waste contractors at the Oskarshamn nuclear plant to review their security requirements after cracks were found in the pools where nuclear waste is temporarily stored on site.
Every year Swedes discard over a million tonnes of food, worth billions of kronor, and the worst culprits are households, according to a new report by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket).
Sweden may be forced to start importing garbage from other countries in order to keep the country's ever-expanding supply of waste-to-energy incinerators in operation.
The Nordic Council of Ministers will finance a major survey to investigate the reasons why thousands of tonnes of meat, fruit and vegetables are thrown away each year in Swedish grocery stores.
'Garbage spies' employed to take digital pictures of people incorrectly recycling their rubbish have been told by Stockholm county court that the practice must stop.
