Norway has a garbage problem. Specifically, . The Scandanavian nation, which relies on burning trash to provide heat to many of its buildings, is facing a refuse shortage, seemingly caused by Norwegian’s near-religious recycling habits.
The trash shortage is hitting especially hard in Oslo, where operators have begun importing garbage from England and Ireland to keep their plants in operation; some are considering bringing in waste from further abroad.
“I’d like to take some from the United States,” plant employee Pal Mikkelsen told the . “Sea transport is cheap.”
Norway isn’t the only country in northern Europe that’s in need of garbage; Sweden is in a similar predicament. Complicating the situation, both countries currently export shiploads of trash to each other.