https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Norway in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed One at a time, the elderly lady places her empties into the gaping hole of a machine at the entrance to an Oslo supermarket. With a well-functioning deposit system, Norway recycles almost all of its plastic bottles. https://www.thelocal.no/20200213/norway-offsets-fondness-for-plastic-bottles-with-high-recycling Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:52:42 +0100 norway-offsets-fondness-for-plastic-bottles-with-high-recycling A delegation from authorities in the United Kingdom recently visited Norway to learn about how plastic bottles are recycled in the Scandinavian country. https://www.thelocal.no/20180207/uk-wants-to-copy-norways-bottle-recycling-system-report Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:17:19 +0100 uk-wants-to-copy-norways-bottle-recycling-system-report Norwegians threw away more electrical waste per head last year than the citizens of anyone other country in the world, according new UN report. https://www.thelocal.no/20150420/norway-worst-in-world-for Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:13:39 +0200 norway-worst-in-world-for The businessman who mistakenly dumped an old safe containing 117,000 kroner ($19,200) at a recycling centre has given a 12,000 kroner reward to the excavator operator who cracked it open and found the money. https://www.thelocal.no/20140417/excavator-operator Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:29:00 +0200 excavator-operator An excavator operator at recycling facility in Norway has discovered 100,000 kroner ($16,000) left behind in a safe dumped at the site. https://www.thelocal.no/20140415/man-at-recycling-plant-finds-16000-in-safe Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:01:00 +0200 man-at-recycling-plant-finds-16000-in-safe