Waste management services for businesses

If your business is located on a property containing private residences (mixed residential and commercial properties), by default you qualify for the waste management services. The only requirement is that your recyclable waste corresponds to that of a private residence in terms of quantity and type. The following nine types of waste are suitable for material utilisation: food waste, paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, metal, food and beverage containers, hazardous waste and textile waste.   

As a business, you are only allowed to use the municipal waste management service for recyclable waste to the extent of that of a private residence. This means that the City of Copenhagen only offers to collect waste in the same container types and with the same frequency of emptying that it offers private residences.

If you have certain types of waste that exceed the quantity of a private residence, you must enter into an agreement with a private waste collector or use the recycling stations for certain types of waste, against payment.

Find out more about the regulations for commercial waste here.

If you received digital post from us, based on the information in CVR, we have assessed your business to be eligible for the municipal waste management services. However, please note that your business only qualifies for the services for recyclable waste to the degree of that of a private residence.

This is an offer, which you have the option to decline. You can do that by actively unsubscribing to one or both services. You must do this no later than 30 June 2023.

Unsubscribe to one or both services at Erhvervsportalen.

If you do not unsubscribe to both services, you will receive the first invoice during the autumn of 2023.

If you unsubscribe to the services, you must dispose of your own waste in a responsible manner, and you will not be permitted to use the municipal waste containers. You can do this by no later than 1 July 2023, entering into an agreement with a private waste collector, who will set up private containers for you and collect your waste. Against payment, you can use the recycling stations for some of the waste types mentioned. Please note that the municipality may demand that you provide documentation for your manner of waste disposal.  

If you did not receive digital post from us, based on the information in CVR, we have assessed your business to not wish to or be eligible for using of the municipal waste management services for commercial waste. The reason may be that we, based on information about your business branch code or number of staff for example, have assessed your business to either generate too much waste or no waste at all.

If you wish to use the municipal services, you are welcome to contact us here. 

Remember that, as a place of business, you are still obligated to sort all reusable waste from disposable waste.  

Learn more about sorting your commercial waste here.

The City Council in the City of Copenhagen has decided on fixed market prices for 2023.

Find out more about the market prices here (in Danish).

No, the two new management services for commercial waste have nothing to do with the formerly mandatory waste fee for businesses, which the City of Copenhagen charged businesses until 1 January 2019.

Find out more about the commercial waste fee here (in Danish).