Recycle as much as possible

Finns are active recyclers of empty bottles and old newspapers. Construction waste is also sorted scrupulously, because mixed waste is expensive for construction sites. A typical Saturday morning at a Finnish home: The back of the car has been turned into a recycling point where empty bottles, old newspapers and magazines and empty milk and yoghurt cartons wait for transportation to the nearest supermarket. The family receives a refund on each returned bottle (10–40 cents) and the newspapers and recyclable packages are left at the recycling point in the supermarket parking lot. The