With its ongoing recycling revolution, less than one per cent of Sweden’s household waste ends up in a rubbish dump. The rest is recycled in different ways. Sweden’s recycling is so revolutionary, the country has to import rubbish from other countries to keep its recycling plants going. Wouldn’t it be great if no household waste was wasted? If each and every item of junk was turned into something else – new products, raw materials, gas or at least heat? Sweden is almost there. More than 99 per cent of all household waste is recycled in one way or another. Today, recycling stations are as a rule no more than 300 metres from any residential area. Most Swedish households keep separating their newspapers, plastic, metal, glass, electric appliances, light bulbs and batteries. Many municipalities also encourage consumers to separate food waste. And all of this is reused, recycled or composted.