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How recycling got hot in Denmark vs how the rest of us do it, one bin at a time (or ten)

How recycling got hot in Denmark vs how the rest of us do it, one bin at a time (or ten)

With the world's most important meeting on climate change underway, how Danes are prioritising grassroots action in the face of global uncertainty (and bringing sexy recycling back)

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Nov 15, 2024
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Starting over after almost 12 years in Denmark means I’m constantly reevaluating what each country does well and what they do with, shall we say, ‘enthusiasm’. In Denmark, recycling is one of those things.

So in a week where The News is full of how the US president-elect wants to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, I wanted to write about grass-roo…

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