Today we started at campus a visit to the waste company SYSAV in Malmö. When we arrived, we got a tour in the bus through the area. It was impressive how large the industrial area is. Afterwards, we had a lecture from one guy of the company inside the building with tea & coffee. He was really inspiring and connected the waste problems of our society today on a global scale. We also discussed the scenario where you live in a house and are not allowed to throw away anything: no garbage bins, no compost. You can´t even burn due to emissions through the chimney. Just think about a bit what you would do – it is quit hard 😉
SYSAV collects all forms of waste from households and industries in southern Skåne, and also gets waste from Great Britian (SYSAV gets payed for “recycling” the waste). Every day, 600-800 trucks arrive there and unload the waste (you can see this unload-station on the picture). The company considers waste a resource which should be reused and recycled. A lot of the food waste is transformed into slurry which is delivered to biogas stations. They are also “producing” heat, energy and compost.
If you are interested in learning more about waste, follow the link: https://www.sysav.se/en/
