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The Nanny State

Posted by fazeer on 8 July, 2006

No one leaves Denmark without noticing the order and efficiency with which some economic activities are conducted. An illustration is the country’s elaborate system of bottle and can recycling. One would be hard pressed to find another country that can boast a recovery rate of 100% for refillable bottles and of 85% for non-refillable (but recyclable) bottles and cans. Read the rest of this entry »

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