Circular economy success: Finland’s recycling programme keeps bottles and cans off the streets
Life & societySustainability

Circular economy success: Finland’s recycling programme keeps bottles and cans off the streets

We see how Finland’s deposit system for bottles and cans achieves a recycling rate of more than 90 percent, and how city administrators and event organisers supplement the system with their own resourceful programmes.

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First place in European Happiness Equality Index

Source: The Happiness Research Institute

90%

Amount of bottles and cans recycled in Finland

Source: Palpa

A whole bunch of brunch for May Day: Finland’s festival of spring arrives
Life & societyCuisine

A whole bunch of brunch for May Day: Finland’s festival of spring arrives

May Day, traditionally the wildest party of the year in Finland, starts on April 30 and continues on May 1, when people take to the parks for a picnic brunch. Chef Timo Lepistö provides us with recipes that fit the holiday. Even in times of social distancing, there will be some version of brunch.

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035
Life & societyEnvironment

Finland’s carbon handprints and roadmaps show path to carbon neutrality by 2035

Finland has set itself the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2035, one of the most ambitious targets of any country in the industrialised world. Is that feasible, and how does the Finnish government plan to do it? And what’s a “carbon handprint”?

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Finns can travel visa-free to 174 countries (Germans, Brits and Swedes share this honour)

Source: Visa Restrictions Index