Trash: A Treasure For Suiza

Trash: A big treasure for Sweeden.
Introctution
The art of recycling: The voices calling for the minimization of waste damage to health and the environment can be heard for a long time. TheEuropean Union (EU) is governed by the principle of the four 'R': the reduction of the raw materials used, the product reuse, recycling and recovery of the energy contained in the waste.
Although not partof the EU, Switzerland is considered an exemplary country in the treatment of waste. With a share of more than 50% of treated urban waste, the country is one of the most environmentally Europe. Therecycling rate even exceeds 95% of some kinds of materials, such as glass.
To promote this habit, many Swiss communes have introduced "bag fee for trash." Each bag full of waste must have a labelattached to check the rate for disposal has been paid. Only in this way can be taken by the garbage truck. However, recycling of glass, paper and organic waste is free, but each household is responsible forplacement in specific tanks for reuse.
1. Trash: a source of energy
In Switzerland there are 29 waste incineration facilities. According to the Federal Office of Environment, three pointsixty-five million tons of garbage was burned in two thousand six, of which 417,000 tons were from neighboring countries.

The treatment plants represent an effective method to reduce the volume of wasteand also also involved in the country's energy supply. In 2006, the burning of garbage generated a production of 1,823 gigawatt / hour (GWh) corresponding to 3.1% of total electricity production inSwitzerland.

Since 2000 it is prohibited to deposit them chemically unstable and combustible waste. Only arising from the combustion of waste and some building materials still end up in warehouses. Inthis area, Switzerland also ranks among the most advanced. In other countries, landfills are more used to the vaults of incineration: For example, in Italy 63% of buried waste, 91% in Greece and...