Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.

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Utilising the potential of waste

Traditionally, waste has only been considered a health hazard and an environmental problem. Today, however, waste is considered a potential resource for the production of nutrients for agriculture and as a source of energy.

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electronic waste in metal cage recycling bin

Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Blog post by Julie Hjort, Programme Director of Sustainable and Circular transition at Danish Design Centre. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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The future is circular

Blog post by Camilla Haustrup Hermansen, chair of the Danish government’s climate partnership for waste, water and circular economy. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Utilising the potential of waste

Mission 30 for 2030: How to Create a Design-Driven Circular Mission

Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

The future is circular

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Groundwater management

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Improving Wastewater Treatment Performance While Reducing Costs and Footprint.

The Sandbach Wastewater Treatment Works in Cheshire, England, needed to increase treatment capacity to support regional population growth. The key challenge was to deliver higher performance within a limited site footprint and budget. Using traditional crossflow filter media would require larger str

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Bio-based circular solutions

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MicrobeXplorer: Xplore the Invisible World of Microbes

10 October 2025

At BRIGHT we love microbes. We love them because they are fascinating invisible organisms who each work with a clear target, are highly adaptive to their environment, and are a crucial part of our existence and the shape of our planet.

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Circular business models

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Driving change to avoid plastic waste and minimizing plastic footprint

18 September 2025

Around the world, millions of people with serious chronic diseases depend on medical devices. Once used, many of these devices end up in landfills or are incinerated, wasting tonnes of valuable materials that could be recycled. As the number of people who rely on our medicines increases, so does ou

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Bio-based circular solutions

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Three Containers – One Circular System: A New “Food Factory” Brings Sustainable Luxury to the City

11 September 2025

After three years of intensive work, Nordicflexhouse is ready to present the first fully integrated BioPod containers, developed in collaboration with OxyGuard, Bugging Denmark, and Restaurant Alchemist. This is a cohesive ecosystem where fish, vegetables, and insects are cultivated side by side, ut

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Air pollution from industry production

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CO₂ to Carbonates: A Bacterial Approach

Industrial CO₂ emissions contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas levels, driving climate change and environmental degradation. A major challenge is capturing CO₂ at the source in a way that is cost-effective and scalable, to be compatible with existing industrial operations.

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Partnerships

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A Strategic Step Towards Global Growth and Innovation

19 December 2024

At Simon Moos A/S, we are proud to announce our new strategic partnership with Sunil Saboo, owner of HEC Enviro India Pvt. Ltd.

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Meet Danish waste management professionals

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Environment and agriculture

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DHI A/S

DHI is a global leader in water and environmental solutions, leveraging digital innovation, expert consultancy, and advanced modeling to address complex challenges in marine, freshwater, and urban wat

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Air pollution from industry production

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Ramboll

Ramboll is a leading international architecture, engineering, and consultancy company, owned by the Ramboll Foundation.

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Air pollution from industry production

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COWI

COWI is a global consulting group headquartered in Denmark. Our services cover engineering, architecture, renewable energy, environmental services, and more.

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Combined heat and power production

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Ørsted

Ørsted is a global leader in developing, constructing, and operating offshore wind farms, with a core focus on Europe. Backed by more than 30 years of experience in offshore wind, Ørsted has 10.2 GW o

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Buildings

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Nilfisk

For 120 years, Nilfisk, a global leader in cleaning solutions, has im-proved quality of life by creating healthier and safer environments.

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Air pollution from industry production

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Circular Innovation Lab ApS

We are a strategy and policy think-tank on circular economy. Through research, digital tools, national roadmaps, and capacity building, we help governments, UN agencies, and businesses design and impl

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Air pollution from industry production

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Filcon Filtration

Filcon Filtration is a trusted innovator in industrial air filtration and emission control. We design and deliver high-performance systems that reduce particulate emissions, improve energy efficiency

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Biodiversity

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cirka cph

In cirka cph, we are dedicated to democratising taking action that contributes to planetary sustainability. We contribute to this through project work and close collaborations with both public bodies,

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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.

Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.