Tag: Denmark

At Kalundborg Rocker—a Danish music festival with roughly 8,000 guests and 700 volunteers—a new approach to EPS recovery delivered measurable results: 100% of EPS barrels used at the 2019 event were returned for reuse, thanks to a simple deposit model. The system worked without added complexity: a deposit of 35 DKK + VAT was charged

At the Amager Ressourcecenter (ARC) in Copenhagen, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste from residents and businesses no longer requires long-distance transport for processing. Instead, the material is compressed directly on-site — transforming a previously costly and low-density stream into a compact, market-ready resource. In 2019, ARC introduced a container-based densification unit equipped with a RUNI compactor

Silkeborg Forsyning, the municipal waste utility in Silkeborg, Denmark, began a dedicated program in 2012 to separate expanded polystyrene (EPS, commonly known as “flamingo”) from general plastic. The effort reached a crucial milestone when the utility installed a compaction facility to enable efficient recycling of clean white EPS from households and local businesses. Local separation

A newly published study commissioned by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has found that collecting and compacting expanded polystyrene (EPS) at municipal reuse stations may yield measurable environmental benefits compared to incineration. The study, carried out by Rambøll, compares two handling scenarios: incinerating EPS with residual waste, or collecting it separately for compaction and recycling.