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Waste Disposal

From bottles to molecules, Finland continues to reshape its plastic recycling
A hand is throwing a plastic food container into a large yellow bin at a household waste collection point.
Business & innovationSustainability

From bottles to molecules, Finland continues to reshape its plastic recycling

Finland’s public and private sectors are stepping up to the recycling challenge with a roadmap and an array of innovations.

Tagged in EconomyEnvironmentInnovationRecyclingScienceSustainabilityWaste Disposal
Circular economy success: Finland’s recycling programme keeps bottles and cans off the streets
A woman places a bottle into a bottle-return machine.
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.

Tagged in EnvironmentSustainabilityWaste Disposal
Zero isn’t nothing: Two Helsinki restaurants cut waste out of the picture
Chef Ossi Paloneva posing in front of restaurant Loop.
Business & innovationSustainability

Zero isn’t nothing: Two Helsinki restaurants cut waste out of the picture

Two restaurants take opposite approaches to abolishing waste. Loop recycles ingredients that stores would otherwise throw out, and Nolla cuts all waste out of its processes.

Tagged in BusinessEnvironmentFoodSustainabilityWaste Disposal

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