Waste management in Norway(RETURKRAFT)

RETURKRAFT: One of Scandinavia's most modern and efficient recycling plant located in Kristiansand



During my time at Mandal(I am in another city now, details to follow in next blog) along with my friends got chance to go to a waste management facility in a city called Kristiansand.

The facility was a waste management company called RETURKRAFT. We were given a chance to spend few hours inside the company where we learnt about waste management system in Norway and mostly about Returkraft itself.

The story of Returkraft started from long before when Norwegian Government decided to ban the landfill sites, for those of who don/t know land fill sites are the places where the waste are basically dumped.

The meaning of Returkraft is Return Energy and that is what this facility has been doing since it has been operational in 2010. Here the waste energy is transfered into electricity and also used to provide hot water for the city.

Here the household waste that cannot be recycled are brought and also some industrial and waste from hospitals are brought. There waste are then BURNT in a huge furnace. Yes, Burnt but u might think there is smoke that is gonna pollute our environment even more.
But Returkraft has was to deal with it too. This facility also treats the smoke and make them free from all the substances which are harmful for the environment.

Here is a youtube link showing how this facility works: https://youtu.be/12SeZT4W44U
Enjoy!!

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