"Abandoned bicycles in Sweden get a second life through an interesting method."
“Sweden would be a totally different country if it didn’t recycle everything. Once a year, all abandoned bicycles get an orange sticker, and if the owner doesn’t take the bicycle, a special service removes it.
Then these bicycles end up at thrift stores where anyone can buy one they like for a good price. Everyone is happy and the streets are clean.”
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Laura 3 year s ago
centiliter is commun in all country with metric system.
You should go outside sometimes.
You should go outside sometimes.
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Eric 3 year s ago
Laura,
Correct and 33cl is a regular volume for beer, soda, water...
Correct and 33cl is a regular volume for beer, soda, water...
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Basil 3 year s ago
Eric, while all this is correct, in almost every other country those bottles or cans are called "zero thirty-thirties" as a loud spoken 0,33 instead of "thrity three cl"
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Basil 3 year s ago
#4 The thing with orange stickers on bicycles is also done in Germany, although I do not know if it's done on a yearly basis and in every county/city.
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Carole 3 year s ago
Laura,
Came to say this...
Also #11 pretty common everywhere
Came to say this...
Also #11 pretty common everywhere
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Gee 3 year s ago
Laura,
It's quite clear this is written by yet another oblivious American. (is there even another kind?
)
It's quite clear this is written by yet another oblivious American. (is there even another kind?
)
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Ezideen 3 year s ago
Laura,
wait till they find out about millilitres, will blow their minds...
wait till they find out about millilitres, will blow their minds...
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Pete 3 year s ago
Apart from the underground vacuum waste management system and maybe the wifi trash cans, pretty much all of this can be found in other European countries. And centiliters are a metric unit, because using the metric system is what makes sense. And the same way that Sweden changed to right hand drive in 1967, countries still using the imperial system should consider switching to the metric system, because hey, changing to a system that actually makes sense or is more functional is possible!
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Vessie 3 year s ago
You can also look forward to no-go zones and having one of the highest rates of rape in Europe thanks to their importation of engineers and doctors.
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Prue 3 year s ago
Vessie,
Go back to your own no-go zone of 8chan please. You crank up the negative racist nonsense rate on Izismile thanks to your delusional self-importance.
Go back to your own no-go zone of 8chan please. You crank up the negative racist nonsense rate on Izismile thanks to your delusional self-importance.
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Lena 3 year s ago
Vessie,
Thats a load of bullsh#t.
Thats a load of bullsh#t.
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Abraham 3 year s ago
Lena,
Sadly, it's true.
Sadly, it's true.
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Prue 3 year s ago
Abraham,
No. It's not.
No. It's not.
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Casey 3 year s ago
Vessie,
Mutt hands typed this post
Mutt hands typed this post
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Nowell 3 year s ago
Never said the truth.
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Gatsy 3 year s ago
sweden has a lot of great things but also a lot of problems they dont want to address , news from different countries(tim pool usa and,sky news australia) were attacked simply for trying to report from an immigrant neighbourhood in sweden,i live in switzerland with 25%immigrants one the highest in west europe and this would be unthinkable to be happening here what i try to say is that the problems in sweden are much worse than many like to admit but also less worse as the far right likes to suggest.....
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Minnie 3 year s ago
Many of these item make it seem that the author thinks Sweden is the only country in the world that recycles or uses paper rather than plastic. You need to get out more.
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Prue 3 year s ago
Minnie,
Ot doesn't say that anywhere. Purely your own perception.
Ot doesn't say that anywhere. Purely your own perception.
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Ellswood 3 year s ago
I wouldn't mind backpacking through the hills near Bern.
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Nels 3 year s ago
Ellswood, yes and Sweden also make great chocolats, cheese with holes in it, have the richest banks in the world and the supercollider.
I drove past a sign this weekend that said "Please drive slow and lookout for the wild kids and tame animals".
I drove past a sign this weekend that said "Please drive slow and lookout for the wild kids and tame animals".
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Rupert 3 year s ago
Almost all of this applies to Denmark as well
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Tessa 3 year s ago
You are describing any european country with a few exceptions.
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Basil 3 year s ago
#4 The thing with orange stickers on bicycles is also done in Germany, although I do not know if it's done on a yearly basis and in every county/city.
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Percy 3 year s ago
#13 Almost my bedroom now. Applies to norway as well
You should go outside sometimes.
Correct and 33cl is a regular volume for beer, soda, water...
Came to say this...
Also #11 pretty common everywhere
It's quite clear this is written by yet another oblivious American. (is there even another kind?
wait till they find out about millilitres, will blow their minds...
Go back to your own no-go zone of 8chan please. You crank up the negative racist nonsense rate on Izismile thanks to your delusional self-importance.
Thats a load of bullsh#t.
Sadly, it's true.
No. It's not.
Mutt hands typed this post
Ot doesn't say that anywhere. Purely your own perception.
I drove past a sign this weekend that said "Please drive slow and lookout for the wild kids and tame animals".