This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. If the United States is at a loss over what to do about nuclear waste, ...

Sweden is already an environmental leader with its electric roads and plans to be 100% fossil fuel-free by 2050, but they’re not stopping there. The trailblazing Scandinavian nation also diverts 99 ...

Sweden now recycles or reuses an incredible 99 percent of its waste, an improvement on the already impressive2012 figure of 96 percent. The country uses a waste management hierarchy system that ...

Twelve years ago, fearing for her health, Inger Nordholm quit her job as a hairdresser in this seaside Swedish community, one of several that have been competing for the right to become the country's ...

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission said that Sweden has a comprehensive, robust and well-functioning system for safely managing radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel from nuclear ...

Forsmark is the best site for Sweden to dispose of used nuclear fuel, said the country's safety regulator, endorsing the site selection process which was based on volunteering municipalities. Forsmark ...

Bales of trash collected in Skultuna, Sweden, at one of waste management business Think Pink's editions, March 2024. (Av AHA - Eget arbete/Wikipedia via Courthouse News) STOCKHOLM (AFP) — A court in ...

The Swedish government has backed the nuclear regulator's recommendation for an almost doubling of the fees paid by utilities into the country's nuclear waste fund over the 2015-2017 period. The ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Less than one percent of Sweden’s household waste winds up in a landfill. Where does the rest go?

The positions in the table below reflect the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their ...

More than half of the world's waste — 59% in fact — ends up in landfills. In the US, they are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane emissions, a gas 25 times more potent than carbon ...