Danes will have to sort their garbage into 10 different types of waste. This way more waste is recycled and less burned.. New measures proposed by the Danish Ministry of the Environment are supported by a majority of parties in parliament.
By 2030, the Danish government plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the " Approximately the same result can be achieved by removing 300 thousand cars from the roads, Europulse says..
As a result, by 2030 the volume of waste incinerated in Denmark should be reduced from the current 3.95 million tons per year to 2.6 million tons..
Danes throw out more garbage today than any other EU citizen. Every inhabitant of Denmark has an average of more than 780 kilograms of garbage per year, while the average for a European is 487 kilograms..