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Photo: The most common types of trash Signe finds are cigarette butts, plastic, and food packaging.Some people walk their dogs. Signe walks with her litter picker. Keys, cell phone, and litter picker. Then Signe Eurén Mortensen is ready to head out in search of litter. She works as an administrative assistant at ARGO at the Audebo Environmental Centre.
“When I first noticed the problem of litter in nature, I couldn’t ignore it anymore. I see litter everywhere,” explains Signe.
After Signe literally saw the problem with her own eyes, she started the Odsherred Nature Conservation Corps in 2020. She posted on Facebook asking if anyone wanted to join her in picking up trash. Today, she is the administrator of the Facebook group Odsherred Nature Conservation Corps, which has over 1,400 members who frequently share photos of their cleanup efforts in nature.
The Nature Conservation Corps has removed over 20 tonnes of trash from nature since 2020.
Signe works for ARGO as an administrative assistant.
At work, Signe is also surrounded by waste. She works at Audebo Environmental Centre, where ARGO operates a landfill. At a landfill, we bury all the waste that can neither be recycled nor used for energy. This is done under controlled conditions, where the waste is wrapped in a membrane. Signe explains:
“When I started working at the landfill in Audebo, I realized just how much waste we can’t recycle or use for anything, so we have to bury it. It really puts things into perspective, and it’s crazy to see how much waste we humans produce every single day.”
The Waste Collection Campaign is the Danish Society for Nature Conservation’s annual spring cleanup of Denmark. On the beach, in the forest, in the park, and in our cities—everywhere people go—there is litter. And that is a major problem. Not only does it look unsightly, but it also causes pollution—harming nature, animals, drinking water, and people.
In 2026, waste collection will take place from April 13 thru 19.
Read more and sign up here.
Signes works in our service department 24/7. Here, both individuals and businesses can register to gain access to ARGO’s recycling centres around the clock. We were the first in the country to launch 24/7 service back in 2011, and making the recycling centres available to the public around the clock has been a huge success. Signe explains:
“During the pandemic, when recycling centres had to close for a period of time, we in the Nature Conservation Corps saw a lot of trash being dumped in nature. It should be easy and convenient to drop off your trash at a recycling centre, even outside of regular hours. It makes a difference.
Several times a week, you can find Signe on the side of the road, behind a bus stop, or in the supermarket parking lot, armed with a litter picker and a plastic bag. She also picks up trash at the Audebo Environmental Centre when she has time, so the area stays clean.
“I pick up trash because I want to take care of the planet we live on and depend on. And it’s very satisfying to see a difference right away. I want to leave this patch of land cleaner than when I arrived,” concludes Signe Eurén Mortensen.
Signe collects trash several times a week, often with her family.
ARGO operates the Audebo Environmental Center, which is an open landfill where we continue to accept landfill waste for burial.
Landfill waste represents the lowest level of the waste hierarchy; it consists of waste that cannot be recycled or used for energy recovery. This is the type of waste we really want to reduce.
Unfortunately, there are no alternatives other than burying the waste in the ground under controlled conditions, where the waste is enclosed by a membrane. Examples of landfill waste include asbestos-containing waste, slightly contaminated construction waste and insulation materials.
We dispose of waste safely and in an environmentally responsible manner, while monitoring the environmental impact. ARGO also monitors the environmental impact at the two closed landfills in Hedeland and Køge. This includes measuring the levels of heavy metals, metals and contaminants in the wastewater and other water sources in these areas. We are required to continue this monitoring until 2039.