LINKOPING, Sweden — In a cavernous room filled with garbage, a giant mechanical claw reaches down and grabs 5 tons of trash. As a technician in a control room maneuvers the spiderlike crane, the claw ...

Sweden imports trash from other countries because it does not have enough to fuel its waste-to-energy plants that produce electricity and heating. Rating: Mostly True (About this rating?) What's True: ...

For most countries, running out of garbage sounds like a fantasy. For Sweden, it’s reality, a surprising outcome that shows a nation fully committed to sustainability. Over the years, Sweden has built ...

STOCKHOLM — On a chilly autumn morning in the Norra Djurgården district, a woman holding a small garbage bag hustled out of her apartment toward a trio of nondescript metal bins next to her building, ...

Sweden imports trash from other countries because it does not have enough to fuel its waste-to-energy plants that produce electricity and heating. Sweden imports millions of metric tons of trash from ...