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All questions and answers

BOFA takes the waste. But where do I hand in my used tyres? Can they have rims on them? What do I do with the half a can of paint that was left over?

We have collected the most frequently asked questions here. Click and see the answer.

At the bottom of the page, we have a direct email to BOFA's waste experts if you can't find the answer on the page.

Frequently asked questions

  • What happens with landfill waste

    Landfillable waste is deposited at BOFAs landfill in Rønne, after sorting out mis-sorted recyclable waste fractions.

  • What's happening with Byggegenbrug

    The collected items can be collected free of charge from the container by citizens and companies who can reuse them in other construction projects.

  • What happens with Soft PVC

    Soft PVC, Collected at recycling centres, intermediate storage at BOFA in Rønne before being deposited at the landfill in Rønne.

  • What happens with mixed concrete, brick, natural slate, granite, sandstone, etc.

    It is transported to a receiving facility in Rønne, where it is broken down and sold as recyclable stabilisers (stable base for pavements such as roads, paths and driveways).

  • What happens to car batteries (accumulators)

    Car batteries collected at recycling centres are taken to Bornholms Produkthandelfrom where they are forwarded to Boliden AB in Gothenburg. Here they are reprocessed for recycling.

  • What happens with Big Bags

    Big bags collected at recycling centres are sold via Danbørs to the business, RPV plastic Aukrug in Germany, where they are recycled.

  • What's happening with Concrete

    Collected at recycling centres and transported to a reception facility in Rønne, where it is broken down and sold as a recycling stable (stable base for surfaces such as roads, paths and driveways).

  • What happens with precast concrete elements, reinforced and insulated

    After receipt at BOFA's scale in Rønne, they are deposited at the landfill in Rønne.

  • What happens with Batteries

    The fraction is covered by producer responsibility legislation. BOFA is therefore only responsible for the collection and short-term storage of the fraction.

    The manufacturer, or company (ERP, European Recycling Denmark) hired by the producer is responsible for the fraction being recycled, reused, recovered or disposed of after collection/storage.

  • What's happening with Asphalt

    The asphalt is stored at the recycling centre until it can be forwarded to RGS Nordic in Gadstrup, where it is recycled into new asphalt.

  • What happens to asbestos and asbestos-containing eternit - not highly dusty

    Non-highly dusty asbestos and asbestos-containing asbestos is collected at the recycling centre in Rønne and disposed of separately at BOFAs landfill in Rønne

  • Why should low-waste households pay the same as high-waste households?

    Of the total cost of waste collection, either from the household or an environmental organisation, only about 12% is dependent on the actual amount of waste from the individual household.

    The rest of the price, approximately 88%, is tied up in fixed costs associated with general waste management.

    These are fixed refuse collection services (Meldgaard and Fugato), equipment leasing/depreciation, and waste management/treatment.