The green eco-friendly aura that surrounds Sweden is glowing all the more brighter as I live here and experience it on a day to day occurance. I am living in a house that burns our poo and turns it into fertiliser for the garden. The school where I study has a photocopier that emails you the photocopies.
And just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, I read about Hammerby Sjöstad. Sweden is once again creating a model for other countries to follow.
The goal for water use is to halve the consumption compared to the Swedish average of 180 liters a day. One of the ways to obtain that is via filters that have been installed in all taps, mixing air into the water to reduce the volumes used.
As for waste treatment, all garbage is separated and much of it re-used or used to produce energy.
The high-tech waste management company Envac has developed a system of underground pipes that use vacuum suction to transport the garbage. A local wastewater treatment plant has also been built, which uses new cleaning technology.
I read about the system Envac has developed a while ago, when there were suggestions that UPS would be buying up the idea to develop a high-speed underground network through which to transport parcels. Wow!! Supposedly, a drill has been developed that will drill deep into the ground with little disturbance to the surface. They are planning to develop a network of tunnels to major cities to transport vip parcels.
Easy to install. Fast and uncongesting.
Imagine that you get up in the morning, grab a strong coffee from the kitchen pot, then hop into your suction capsule that sucks you off to work. You’re there in 5 minutes. Door to door.
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