From the topic of this post you might think that I am against recycling. No, I am not. Actually I am enthusiastic what it comes to recycling specially at home.  I just think that in Finland recycling for citizens is made too complex- which of couse degreases the amount of recycling.

I  recycle, even though it is not easy all the times. In my kitchen I have three litter baskets: one for mixed litter, one for energy waste and one for biowaste (which I compost). I also collect cardboard and magazines. Out of these different kind of waste recycling cardboard and magazines are the easiest. The nearest place to put out magazines (paper waste) is located only some hundred meters away. Compost I do have in my own yard (so no problem with biowaste), but energy waste is the most difficult! The amount of energy waste in my family seem to be enourmous: it consists mainly of packaging waste. There exists a shopping mall about 10 kilometers from my home that accepts all kind of waste- luckily energy waste too- but it has maximum limits of 2 small bags of waste (I have at least about 5 each time).  Another possibility to recycle energywaste is to drive even further with a “mini van” to a dump (Sorttiasema) where they sort enerey waste too. Does not sound very ecological!

In my opinion all the shops should have waste containers for various types of waste for their consumers. In Finland shops that sell domestic appliances are taking back old domestic appliances for recycling from customers. Grocery and other shops should also take care of the packaging waste by providing recycling waste bins for their customers.

Image: My way to recycle