https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The high-tech Amager Bakke waste-to-energy plant is running out of rubbish supplies from the local region and will have to start importing from outside Denmark.  https://www.thelocal.dk/20220612/danish-waste-company-having-to-import-rubbish-from-abroad Sun, 12 Jun 2022 16:02:37 +0200 danish-waste-company-having-to-import-rubbish-from-abroad People living in Denmark will need to sort their recycling into ten different containers, under a new deal that aims to cut 0.7m tonnes of emissions and make the country's waste sector carbon neutral by 2030. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200617/danes-to-sort-trash-into-ten-types-under-new-green-deal-2 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:57:48 +0200 danes-to-sort-trash-into-ten-types-under-new-green-deal-2 Households in Denmark should ready themselves to sort and recycle their waste more than they do today. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190712/more-recycling-less-rubbish-minister-wants-denmark-to-cut-down-on-trash Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:41:05 +0200 more-recycling-less-rubbish-minister-wants-denmark-to-cut-down-on-trash A new billion-kroner waste incinerator unit in Copenhagen is struggling to keep up after a major breakdown. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170808/copenhagen-waste-stored-in-bags-as-incinerator-cant-keep-up Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:44:59 +0200 copenhagen-waste-stored-in-bags-as-incinerator-cant-keep-up Denmark’s governing party wants to force unemployed people to clear Copenhagen’s streets of cigarette butts, old plastic beer mugs and other detritus, complaining the city becomes a “rubbish dump” in the summer. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170223/force-jobless-to-clean-copenhagens-streets-liberal-party Thu, 23 Feb 2017 22:40:24 +0100 force-jobless-to-clean-copenhagens-streets-liberal-party Denmark and its capital have a lot to be proud of, but the way residents treat the entire city like a rubbish bin is not one of them, writes American expat Louis Volpe. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160630/stop-trashing-your-city-copenhagen Thu, 30 Jun 2016 12:13:23 +0200 stop-trashing-your-city-copenhagen Anyone who’s spent time in a Copenhagen park in the summer knows that the city has a bit of a rubbish problem. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160412/copenhagen-weighs-rubbish-deposit-plan Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:26:09 +0200 copenhagen-weighs-rubbish-deposit-plan The Danes are the filthiest waste-creators in the EU, with each on average throwing away a disgusting 759kg of rubbish every year, new figures have revealed. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160323/danes-are-europes-filthiest-litterbugs Wed, 23 Mar 2016 07:56:15 +0100 danes-are-europes-filthiest-litterbugs An Aarhus man refused to give his wallet up easily to a rubbish chute and took the plunge into a lair of refuse – only to have the story end with an unexpected twist. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160209/danish-man-braves-rubbish-chute-for-his-wallet Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:08:50 +0100 danish-man-braves-rubbish-chute-for-his-wallet A pilot project designed to make life a bit easier and cleaner for bottle collectors was so successful that it will now be expanded to 500 rubbish cans throughout Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151026/copenhagens-dignified-rubbish-plan-expands Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:45:39 +0100 copenhagens-dignified-rubbish-plan-expands German statistics office Destatis reported on Tuesday that Danes compile about a full-grown bull’s weight in garbage annually, more than any the residents of any other European country. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150623/danes-are-the-biggest-wasters-in-the-eu-study Tue, 23 Jun 2015 18:02:15 +0200 danes-are-the-biggest-wasters-in-the-eu-study