5 posts on this day
Recycling bins are for packaging, not the products themselves. Wooden ice cream stick? That’s “other,” it’s part of the product, at least in Karlstad. The wrapper? That goes in the appropriate recycling bin based on material.
This seems to be based on EU law, which makes sense, so I’ll assume the gist of this is true in other EU countries too.
[… more]…knows your number but not who you are
I’m moving back to Sweden, and something that surprised me was that if you’ve been registered as living abroad, becoming a registered resident again (folkbokförd) takes 4-6 weeks of processing. Skatteverket (IRAS/population registry) can reject your application. I assume they will if they think you’re primarily moving back to mooch off the Swedish welfare state (I’m not, I promise 😅).
I’m allowed to stay in Sweden, but operating in society is hard, because most systems can’t find any information on me. Practically a ghost (I was gonna say stateless but that feels distasteful to try and put myself together with people who have real problems). And from official system’s POV I don’t currently live anywhere. I have already moved out of Singapore and my employment pass has been cancelled. I have an old address registered in Sweden (I officially lived at my mom’s place when I went to Singapore in 2012), but I have a new apartment I live in now.
[… more]I have managed to do one important thing today: I got a library card! 🥳
I see that The Northern Boys are playing in London in December, so now I have scheduled a 5-day trip to London 🥳
Also, seems I have to apply to be allowed into the UK now 🤷
Update: okay, I got an email after 5m that I was approved.
The Emperor’s light shines upon my acquired reading material