Tag: Denmark

In early 2025, the Aarhus municipality reported that 69 tonnes of EPS (commonly known as “flamingo”) had been collected from its recycling centres and routed for processing—yielding an estimated 350 tonnes of CO₂ savings compared to incineration. Each kilogram of collected EPS represents a climate benefit: recovering white EPS saves approximately 5 kg CO₂, while coloured variants save

Helsingør Municipality continues to scale its household recycling performance — and for the first time, expanded polystyrene (EPS) is now formally included in its recycling system. In 2024, local waste authority Forsyning Helsingør added EPS (known locally as flamingo) to the accepted material streams at two key municipal recycling centres. Recycling infrastructure expands According to

The story: EPS collection becomes compact and circularDenmark has rolled out a practical system to collect and process clean expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging and insulation at designated recycling centres across the country. In mid‑2024, facilities began using high-capacity green EPS compactors (e.g., from GREENMAX), compressing foam to 1/50 its original volume on-site. The result: bulky

In Vesthimmerland, Denmark, expanded polystyrene (EPS) is no longer considered a disposal challenge. It’s a raw material — and it’s being collected, compacted, and recycled into insulation products through a growing municipal-industry partnership. This local initiative, led by Vesthimmerlands Forsyning and operating from the Aars recycling station, integrates EPS packaging into a functional collection and

In Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality, smarter material handling is reducing emissions and truck trips — thanks in part to the inclusion of expanded polystyrene (EPS) in the area’s recycling strategy. In a public update issued in July 2024, the municipality confirmed that its compaction and sorting systems are lowering the number of trucks required to move waste

In Skive, Denmark, the municipal recycling centre installed an EPS densifier in 2020—a move that quickly proved financially sound. With support from EPS‑branchen and local stakeholders, the equipment paid for itself within 12 months through savings in transport and revenue from compressed EPS sales. Investment and payback dynamics Lightweight, bulky EPS often makes transport inefficient.

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is often seen as single-use — but in Denmark, it’s routinely recycled into new long-life construction materials. A new article from Vestfor, the municipal waste authority for Greater Copenhagen, documents how used EPS packaging is being recovered and transformed into floor insulation products. This is part of a broader public information campaign

In Aabenraa, Denmark, electronics store Elsalg has turned routine waste into circular opportunity. Since purchasing a compactor in 2015 to reduce EPS (“flamingo”) storage volume, the business struggled to find a recycling outlet—compacted EPS would typically end up incinerated. That changed in early 2022 thanks to a chance connection with a local reuse centre and