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What happens to your sorted waste

BOFA works according to the Waste Hierarchy principles of least from the bottom and most from the top:

  • Waste minimisation is basically about reducing the amount of waste that ends up at BOFA. This can be done, for example, by passing things on to others, inheriting them or handing them over to a recycling centre.
  • Direct recycling means that waste, such as glass and bottles, is recycled directly for the same purpose. This means that glass and bottles are used again as glass and bottles without being transformed into new materials.
  • Preparation for reuse involves refurbishing old or defective items so that they can be used again. For example, an old chair can be reupholstered to make it look nice and usable. Similarly, a faulty lamp can be repaired so that it works and can be used again.
  • Recycling means that materials go through a process before being used in new products. For example, broken glass can be crushed and melted into new glass. Plastic can be granulated and recycled into new plastic products.
  • Energy utilisation on Bornholm means that the waste goes into BOFA's energy plant and is converted into district heating.
  • Landfill refers to waste that can neither be recycled nor incinerated. This waste is placed in BOFA's landfill where it is stored without any further use or benefit.

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Food waste

Food and drink cartons

Glass

Metal

Cardboard

Plastic

Textiles

Residual waste

Hazardous waste

Garden waste

Batteries

Electronics

Wood for recycling

Plaster of Paris

Landfill

We thank AffaldPlus, ARC, ARGO and Vestforbrændingen for sharing their material with us.

What happens to your sorted waste

  • What's happening with Precious Metal

    Send to H. J. Hansen Recycling in Odense, where it is sorted into metal types and melted down for recycling.

  • 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

  • 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 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 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 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 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 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 with Soft PVC

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

  • 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 tyres

    The tyres are sent on to GENEVA in Viborg for recycling recycling, e.g. rubber tiles for sports facilities and playgrounds.

  • What happens with landfill waste

    Waste suitable for landfill is deposited at BOFA's landfill in Rønne, after sorting out mis-sorted recyclable waste fractions.