Sweden is so good at recycling that, for several years, it has imported rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Less than 1 per cent of Swedish household waste was sent to ...

The Stockholm-based IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, plastics recycling firm SvenskPlaståtervinning (Swedish Plastic Recycling) and life cycle analysis researcher Tomas Ekvall say ...

Shoppers browse at Kenya second-hand shop Research reveals journey of clothing from Sweden to Kenya, countering false narratives and warnin ...

Syre, which was co-founded by fast-fashion retailer H&M and investment group Vargas, plans to produce more than 3 million metric tons of polyester in 2032 by recycling used garments. It entered a long ...

Mattias Philipsson, CEO of Swedish Plastic Recycling poses in front of plastic waste, stored in a new plastic waste sorting facility in Motala, central Sweden, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

Sweden has launched a state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, big enough to receive all plastic packaging waste generated from Swedish households. ‘Site Zero’ can process 40 tons an hour ...

That pilot saw a tray attached to 80 bins placed around the capital so that anyone could donate empty bottles or cans while ...

Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take ...

Mountains of clothes piling up in Swedish recycling centres are sparking calls for fashion firms to take responsibility for textile waste . S weden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes ...

MOTALA, Sweden — A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic pack… ...