How to use the video This video is about food waste and can be used on social media as a reel or story. The video is available in English, Arabic and as a clean version for translation. You can find suggested captions and text for translation below.
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Videos Download video with English text (MP4 286 MB) Video with text in English Download video with Arabic text (MP4 93 MB) Video with text in Arabic Download clean version (MP4 95 MB) Video without text (clean version) Captions In 2024, Sweden passed a law that means all food waste has to be separated – and this applies to households and businesses alike. 🍉 🍔 🍧
The collected food waste will be used to generate biogas, but also organic fertiliser. One step towards reducing our reliance on fossil fuels! 🌍 🔋
Biogas is a renewable energy source. After purification, it is mainly used as vehicle fuel, largely in public transport to replace fossil fuels such as diesel and natural gas. 🚌 🚕
Biowaste has other uses, such as producing biochar. Biochar works as a soil improver that also lowers carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere by locking carbon into the earth for a long time. It has the potential to contribute greatly to global farming. 🌱 🌏
Recovery can also be used for things other than biowaste. Energy recovery is about generating electricity and district heating by turning waste into fuel in a cogeneration plant (producing electricity, heating and cooling through incineration). ⚡
Fun fact: One year's worth of collected food waste from 3,000 people is enough to run a bus or five bin lorries for one year. 🚛 🚛 🚛 🚛 🚛
Music: Epidemic Sound/Kid on the Move
#Sweden#Biowaste#Waste#Wastemanagement#Biofuel#Foodwaste#Biogas#Pioneertherpossible
Text in the video 0:00 Sweden says: Separate your food waste!
0:04 You collect the special biowaste bags for free.
0:22 The waste is then biologically treated and transformed into biogas...
0:29 ...which fuels buses, lorries and cars!
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