Waste management
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Sweden: Europe’s happy rubbish collectors
23 May 201111926 Polityka Warsaw -
Lithuania: Rubbish champions
29 April 201160 Veidas Vilnius -
Italy: Naples still under rubbish mountain
23 November 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Poland: Dirty business
17 August 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Waste management: EU tackles waste problem
15 June 201011PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna
While some local authorities are struggling to cope with the burden of domestic waste, their colleagues in other countries see it as an opportunity for financial gain. Polish weekly Polityka reports on Sweden’s booming waste industry. 
Each year, every Lithuanian throws out 500 kilos of household waste and “forgets” to sort the recyclables. Slowly, though, attitudes are starting to change.