Waste Denmark

ARGUS (2000) The behaviour of PVC in landfill. Final report February 2000. Report prepared for the European Commission Environment Directorate (DGXI.E.3) by ARGUS (Germany) in association with Professor Spillmann (University of Rostook, Germany), Carl Bro (Denmark), and Sigma Plan (Greeoe) (http //ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/pve/landfill.pdf). 

In Denmark, the discussion on PVC waste is probably one of the most tense in the EU. Denmark was one of the first countries to have a covenant aiming to avoid the landfilling of PVC from building waste applications. Whereas for waste flows like pipes and window frames mechanical recycling is a good option, the situation is a bit more difficult for PVC isolation from cables. The NKT process was initially developed... 

This project has been presented to the management committee of Vinyl 2010 (the organisation that manages the EU PVC industries recycling initiatives) with a request for financial support to scale-up to commercial size. A decision should be taken by the end of 2002, taking into account the total available quantities of PVC waste and the development of alternatives technologies in Denmark. 

Municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) are a robust treatment method for very different mixed waste types of different origin. The typical MSWI handles waste of a calorific value between 9 and 13 MJ/kg. They are the key technology for the treatment of integral household waste in countries such as Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany. Some 7% of this integral household waste consists of plastics. Treatment of... 

Since the late 1980s, several developed countries have made major public sector commitments to build awareness of cleaner production, also referred to as pollution prevention and waste minimization. These commitments, most notably in Denmark, the Netherlands, the U.K. and the U.S., have led the private sector to investigate and implement pollution prevention measures for existing processes and products. As a result, cleaner production is now seen in these countries as a potentially cost-effective complement to pollution abatement in meeting environmental standards. 

Jasen J, Jepsen S (2005) The production, use and quality of sewage sludge in Denmark. Waste Manag 25 239-247... 

Denmark Organic household waste compost with no classification up to now. No quality criteria for green/yard waste compost necessary. 

Pollution from diffuse sources can be effectively tackled by taxing polluting products and wastes [216, 245]. Examples of chemical taxes include chlorinated solvents in Denmark and Norway [246] and phthalates in articles on the Danish market [269]. The European Environment Agency [245] and the EIK Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution (RCEP) [180] suggest developing new tax bases for hazardous chemicals. The European Commission s Integrated Product Policy also proposes taxation to promote environmentally sound practices through supply chains [247]. 

In Denmark the amount of plastic packaging waste collected for recycling amounted in 2001 to 3.9 kg per inhabitant or 8.6 kg per household, compared with the potential amount, equivalent to 28.1 kg per inhabitant or 62.0 kg per household. 

Kjeldsen P. and Christophersen M. (2001) Composition of leachate from old landhlls in Denmark. Waste Manage. Res. 19, 249-256. 

Kjeldsen P., Grundtvig A., Winther P., and Andersen J. S. (1998a) Characterization of an old municipal landhll (Grindsted, Denmark) as a groundwater pollution source landhll history and leachate composition. Waste Manage. Res. 16, 3-13. 

Rilgge K., Bjerg P. L., and Christensen T. H. (1995) Distribution of organic compounds from municipal solid waste in the groundwater downgradient of a landfill (Grindsted, Denmark). Environ. Sci. Technol. 29, 1395-1400. 

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