Are You Tired of Sorting Waste Too? New Analysis Argues for Less Sorting at Home

Jyllands-Posten

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What is the cost of sorting, collecting and sending waste from Danish homes for recycling? And would it be cheaper to let machines do the sorting? The 1spand.nu initiative has put a figure on this. The Minister of the Environment is skeptical.

TV 2 Fyn

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He believes that society has gone down the wrong path in terms of increasingly more sorting by citizens. - It is not the most effective way to benefit the climate or to ensure recycling. It is an expensive system to continue with, so it is important to have it changed now, he tells TV 2. Rejects laziness Martin Ågerup rejects that it is just a matter of people not bothering to sort the waste that they themselves have helped to produce. - It is n…

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Analysis points to a societal saving of 1.5 billion kroner per year by eliminating waste sorting at citizens' doorsteps.