Ibon wrote:their mass transit system which is truly remarkable.
Switzerland is twice the size of VT with 20 times the population of VT with half of the country uninhabitable alps plus horrible traffic and parking situation in most towns.
Already back then in the 80's you would go shopping with reusable shopping bags and bring all your glass yoghurt containers for recycling. This was 30 years ago folks!
yes. Out of necessity, not out of some sense of benevolence. The trash produced by such a large affluent population on little land made it quickly obvious that throwing trash into landfills is not the best idea. Every small town used to have their own landfills in the 60s and 70s. In the last couple of years it became clear that many of those small landfills are leaking toxics into the ground water. So towns are now forced to dig old landfills up and clean the soil. Not cheap as you can imagine.
Switzerland is no saint and no smarter than the rest. But they felt the pressure of overpopulation earlier and they have the money to act.
Yet Switzerland like many others still think all problems can be solved with money. And as long as there's economic GROWTH, all is well.