[reaperducer]

touting the fact that other countries in fact buy their trash. How can we recreate Sweden’s model

Isn't this exactly the problem? Sweden isn't taking care of its own trash, but instead selling it to China, just like the US and many other countries?

[sciyoshi]

I think GP meant to say that Sweden is buying other countries' trash: https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/sweden-s-recycling...

[rmshea]

Yes, thank you for the source. I've fixed my wording in the original post.