Trash Talk

        At KISC, we do our best to separate as much of our waste as possible, in no less than 20 categories. Most of the recyclables are brought to Kandersteg’s recycling centre. From there they are taken to the different recycling plants across the canton and country.

       Whatever is not recyclable gets collected by a waste incineration plant and is burned to generate electric and heat energy.

 

       In Germany, there is a discussion going on about whether it’s better to recycle as much as possible or to burn as much as possible.

       Both recyclers and incinerators have their own economic interests to defend, of course, but there are also environmental arguments. Recycling saves precious materials, but takes a lot of transporting goods around. Burning produces energy, but also pollutes the air.

       At KISC we choose to separate waste as much as possible. Not only to save the materials, but also because handing in recyclables is for free, while burning our waste costs us money!

Dries (NL)
Grounds Manager

PS. Check out the film we made about recycling!