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Do you need to dispose of asbestos?

Before you can drop off asbestos waste and eternit plates at Audebo Environmental Center, there are now 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 or your haulier arrive at Audebo Environmental Center with asbestos waste or eternit plates that are not properly wrapped, we are unfortunately not allowed to accept the waste. The Danish Working Environment Authority's new rules apply to all potentially asbestos-containing waste - and to all eternit panels:

1. moisten the asbestos waste with water to prevent the dust from spreading if the bag tears

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

3. Ensure that the packaging cannot be broken during loading, transportation and unloading

4. Label the packaging with "Asbestos"

5. Make sure the waste can be tipped/craned off the vehicle - manual unloading is not allowed

6. Use safety equipment and follow landfill rules

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

How to access Audebo Environmental Center

Before you can deliver asbestos waste and eternit plates to our landfill, you must receive an instruction from your municipality. Once your municipality has sent you an instruction to Audebo Environmental Center, you must fill out this declaration.

Only when you have an instruction from your municipality and have completed the declaration can we accept your asbestos waste and eternit plates at ARGO's landfill. Otherwise, we will unfortunately have to ask you - or your 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 sheet metal?

It is not possible for our personnel at the landfill to determine with certainty whether or not asbestos is present in a sheet. Therefore, we have to ask you to also moisten and wrap non-asbestos-containing sheets.

Where does asbestos typically hide?

Asbestos is typically found in:

- Roof coverings such as eternit roofs
- Outdoor and indoor cladding panels (eternit panels)
- 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?

Get answers to your questions in the Danish Working Environment Authority's guidance on how your company may handle asbestos.