Bofa, the Municipal Waste Removal System for Bornholm, manages the waste produced on Bornholm. Bofa comprises an incineration plant in Rønne,a recycling centre, six container sites and thirteen unmanned environmental stations placed around the island.

Bofa is one of the waste treatment companies in Denmark with the highest reutilisation rate in their waste handling: 65% of all waste received at Bofa is sent to be recycled and 26% is incinerated, the latter of which generates almost C02-neutral heat for consumers in Rønne. The Danish government requires waste-handling companies to fulfil stipulated quotas by 2012, whereby at least 65% of waste must be recycled and a maximum of 29% must be incinerated.

In early spring 2010 Bofa opened a new waste-management info centre in a closed down water tower designed by the Bornholm architect Ove Funch Espersen in 1936. The centre contains a waste laboratory and an auditorium for teaching children and adults of all ages.

A visit to Bofa comprises an introduction to Bofa’s sorting and waste-handling facilities and a guided tour. The visit will also look into how Bofa tackles the challenge of handling waste generated by the some 600,000 tourists – more than ten times the island’s population – that visit Bornholm each year.