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Do you need to dispose of asbestos?

Before you can hand in your asbestos waste and eternit sheets at the recycling centre, there are now three new rules from the Danish Working Environment Authority that you must follow. The rules have been introduced because asbestos can be seriously harmful to health.

Asbestos and eternit must be wrapped

If you arrive at recycling centre with asbestos waste or eternit sheets that are not properly wrapped, we regret to ask you to leave. The Danish Working Environment Authority's three new rules apply to all potentially asbestos-containing waste - and to all eternit sheets:

1. Moisturize dusty asbestos waste to prevent the dust from spreading if the bag tears

2. Pack the asbestos waste in two tightly sealed clear plastic bags*

3. Make sure the packaging cannot be broken when moving and transporting the waste

*Fill the first bag with the wet asbestos waste. Close the bag so that it is airtight. Pull the last bag over and close it so that it is airtight.

Do you have more than 15 sheets per week?

At the recycling centre you can drop off up to 15 sheets per week. If you have more, you need to book a haulier to transport the sheets to ARGO's landfill at Audebo Environmental Centre.

Before the hauler can deliver the asbestos waste to our landfill, you must receive an instruction from your municipality. Once your municipality has sent you an instruction for our landfill in Audebo, you must fill out this declaration.

We can only accept your asbestos waste at ARGO's Audebo landfill once you have an instruction from your municipality and have filled in the declaration. Otherwise, we will unfortunately have to ask the haulier to take the waste away again.

More questions about asbestos?

Here you'll find answers to the most common questions we get about asbestos waste:

Why do I also need to wrap asbestos-free sheets?

It is not possible for our staff at the recycling centre to determine with certainty whether or not there is asbestos in a corrugated sheet. Therefore, we have to ask you to also moisten and wrap non-asbestos-containing eternit sheets.

Where does asbestos typically hide?

Asbestos is typically found in:

- Roof coverings such as eternit roofs
- Outdoor and indoor cladding panels (eternit sheets)
- Ceiling and wall panels (from 1954 to 1980)
- Vinyl (from 1930 to 1980)
- Screed floors (from 1920 to 1980)
- Plaster (from 1953 to 1980)
- Tile adhesives (from 1962 to 1979)
- Fillers and sealants (until 1972)
- Pipe insulation (until 1972)
- Insulation for electrical cables (from 1930 to 1980)
- Air ducts (eternit)

Source: Danish Working Environment Authority guidance on safe handling of asbestos

Still in doubt?

Read the Danish Working Environment Authority's guide to where asbestos may be in your home - and how to deal with it.

Read the Danish Working Environment Authority's guide