Is Vienna the future for waste disposal? - #TrashOrTreasure
Trash or Treasure? - Where does our waste go?
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🇦🇹 🌱 #Vienna wants to keep its "World's Greenest City" title so everything is either recycled or incinerated within the city limits. Nothing gets exported for landfill, so it is extending its district heating and cooling system in order to fulfil its plan to become a climate model city.
♻️ Join Johannes Pleschberger and discover more on our #TrashOrTreasure special: https://stories.cgtneurope.tv/wheredoesourwastego/index.html
Watch the mini doc in full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPbOOqAMBmY
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