Questions and answers

You can prevent your bins from tipping over or becoming misshapen when it's windy by following these tips:

• Wrap a chain or rope around the bins to keep them in place.
• Make sure the locking mechanism is an easily accessible carabiner. Knots and similar locking systems hinder the waste collector's work.
• Only use the windscreen when it's windy.

Video example of wind protection:

For discretion, households with cassette solutions must use black bags with the BOFA logo for their residual waste.

Plastic collection takes place in clear bags with BOFA logo (red BOFA bags may also be used until BOFA's stock is used up).

New BOFA bags are handed out by Meldgaard in connection with emptying.

The recycling centre uses its own clear sacks for the sorted waste so that the site staff can help and guide citizens with sorting without having to empty the sack. However, it is permitted to use your own black sacks when delivering residual waste.

When disposing of a chimney, it's important to sort the materials correctly. Here's what you need to know:

Metal chimneys
Metal chimneys must be returned to a product dealer.

Brick chimneys
Brick chimneys can consist of several different materials:

Isocore: The inner layer of the chimney. This must always be disposed of (delivered to the landfill) as it contains soot.

Bricks: Must be sorted differently depending on:

• If the bricks have soot on them, they should also be deposited.
• Whole and half bricks without soot can be delivered as "Whole Bricks".
  These are cleaned and reused in new buildings.
• Clean rubble without soot and paint is rubble for crushing.
  This type of waste is not cleaned before crushing and therefore the chunks must not be painted.

If in doubt, ask us, either at the recycling centre or at the scales.

Notes:
Larger quantities of landfillable waste require notification and waste declaration.

You can find the waste declarations and instructions on how to complete and submit them as private person and Business by following the links.

Read more about the current rules for demolition waste here: demolition-renovation

The glass bells set up around the island are intended for glass and glass bottles.

• The glasses must be empty, but do not need to be washed clean.
• Lids can remain on the glasses, but can also be sorted separately as the material they are made of.

It must not get into the glass bells:

• Metal cans - such as cans for cat food, beer or soft drinks - must not be thrown into the glass bells.
• Deposit bottles - bottles with a deposit, both glass and plastic, must be handed in at the deposit machines so that they can be included in the correct recycling system.

What happens to the glass from the glass bells?
Glass and bottles dropped off in the glass bells are recycled - primarily by being melted down into new glass.

This is due to the process "Wood for recycling" goes through before it is recycled into particleboard. Before the wood is turned into particleboard, it is cleaned of paint, lamination and other surface treatments. These materials are collected at the particleboard factory and disposed of as combustible waste.

The chunks, on the other hand, are crushed and subsequently used as, for example, recycled stabilisers. This material is placed directly on the ground and can pose a risk if it contains paint or other treatments. Instead of benefiting the environment through recycling, it can inadvertently harm it by creating a contaminated landfill. This is not only inappropriate, but also against current regulations.

In short: "Wood for recycling" is wood that can be recycled, while "Residue after sorting - large" is waste that is referred for incineration.

BOFA's Waste Tower welcomes many different kinds of guests - and you're invited too.

Who can visit the Waste Tower?
Daycare centres, schools, educational institutions, associations, companies and groups all have the opportunity to visit the Waste Tower in Rønne.
As an individual, you have the opportunity to visit the Waste Tower during "Open Waste Tower" four times a year. Read more on the front page.

What can you experience?
A visit to the Waste Tower lasts approximately 2.5 hours and typically consists of:

• A presentation with the opportunity to ask questions.
• A tour of BOFA's facilities.

If your group has special requests, we can tailor the visit to focus on sustainability, waste management or circular economy, for example.

Practical information

• Visits to BOFA are always free of charge.
• We'll provide you with something to drink along the way.

You can book your visit here

We look forward to welcoming you and your group to the Waste Tower!

This can be due to several reasons.
For example, not the same trucks collect residual waste, food waste and cardboard/paper. In addition, the waste collection vehicle may be travelling to a different route to collect waste, or it may have already been somewhere else to collect waste.

The stand is yours to keep. If you no longer want to use it, you have the following options:

• Give it away.
• Take it to the recycling centre.
• Use BOFA's bulky waste scheme.

Items delivered to the Recycling Container can be purchased in the Recycling Shop at Vibegårdsvej 2 in Rønne.

All items are checked, washed and refurbished before they are put up for sale in the store,

The thrift store is a clarification offer in the Job Centre.

Thrift store opening hours :

Monday 9am-3pm

Tuesday 9am-3pm

Wednesday Closed

Thursday 9am-3pm

Friday 9am-12pm

Phone no. 56 92 28 84

Compost can smell if not enough oxygen is supplied during the decomposition process. This can happen, for example, during winter seasons with heavy rainfall where excess water can prevent air from entering the compost pile.

However, the quality of the compost is not affected and if you aerate it well after picking it up, the odour will dissipate.

No, slugs cannot survive the composting process. The temperature during the process reaches around 80 degrees, which is high enough to kill the slugs. Any snail eggs will not survive at these temperatures either.

Invasive plants are species that have been introduced and are not wanted on Bornholm. Examples of these plants are:

• Wrinkled rose (rosehip rose)
• Arrowhead (Japanese/giant/hybrid)
• Giant hogweed
• Goldenrod (Herringbone/Canadian)
• Giant Balsamin.

These plants - as well as other invasive species on this list - are unwanted on Bornholm and are therefore fought against.

If you have plants or plant parts from the above species, dispose of them properly:

1. Residual waste (this type of waste is taken directly to incineration).
2. Residue after sorting - small, preferably in closed bags (in summer, residue after sorting can be sent to an intermediate depot, which can allow the plants to spread).
3. For larger loads of invasive plants, they can be delivered directly to BOFA's incinerator.

By disposing of it correctly, you help protect Bornholm's nature from the spread of invasive species.