Finland is a recognized leader in the recycling of bottles and paper and now seeks to minimize the amount of household waste sent to landfills.
For the Finnish household, sorting, processing and recycling has long been turned into a daily routine.
The Finnish waste recycling rate is commendable when it comes to bottles and cans that are returned by the state scheme. The return percentage of refillable bottles is almost 100%. The recycling of aluminum beverage cans and plastic bottles is respectively 96% and 94%. Among other things, Finland is setting an example to other countries in the field of recycling paper, the recycling rate of which was 93% in 2011. This is a very high coefficient by European standards. This is largely due to the fact that the paper industry is well developed in the country and is capable of processing waste paper. Used paper has been collected in Finland for almost a hundred years, while in other countries it is just a new “green idea”.
I think recycling is a great idea how to help our planet and I wish that in every country was a system like here.