Matt Hickman, Mother Nature Network
Kraftvärmeverket, the largest combined heat and power plant in Sweden, includes a new, highly advanced waste-to-energy facility where recycled wood, household garbage and H&M clothing is burned. (Photo: Lasse Frederiksson/Mälarenergi')
Summary
It’s easy to succumb to semi-pejorative stereotypes when describing a specific place as being “powered by …” something that it consumes or creates a lot of.
Seattle is powered by Starbucks coffee grounds. New York City is powered by leftover bagels. Los Angeles is powered by broken dreams. You get the picture.
Now, in news that seems too perfect to be true, it would appear that a municipality in Sweden is quite literally being powered by “disposable chic” clothing purveyor H&M.
As reported by Bloomberg, unsellable garments manufactured by the iconic Swedish fast-fashion retailer are being burned by the truckload at a combined heat and power (cogeneration) plant in lieu of oil and coal.
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