At my apartment building, it is a lot easier to find recycle bins than to find trashcans. We have one trash shoot for our entire building, but about 6 recycle bins (and even a recycle container solely for batteries!) This just goes to show that the Danish are really intense about their trash and recycling efforts.
However, even the Danes can't be perfect all the time. People still do create trash, and that trash has to go somewhere. In Denmark, all trash goes to a factory that burns it up. However, instead of releasing toxins into the air, the fumes are put into an energy system to heat all the buildings in the winter. Fascinating! Not only do they not have landfills everywhere, but their electricity bills are significantly lower because they're using a system that does just that... reduces waste, reuses trash, and recycles energy.
Also, 40% of the people in Copenhagen bike to work... in dresses, suits, and all other sorts of attire. Every single street has a bike lane, and it is often more crowded than the actual streets. Since they bike everyone, the Danes are just high on life... and endorphins. No wonder that even on a beautiful summer day like yesterday (where it was a high of 63 degrees F with extreme winds and rain showers- and that's just August) they're still the happiest people in the world!
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