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denmark is one of the best recycling nations in the world, thanks to an extensive waste management system. waste in denmark is sorted into various categories<\/a>, such as plastics, metals, glass, food waste, cardboard and more. this kind of waste sorting happens at both a household level, where residents sort their small, everyday items, and at a larger, citywide level, where residents and companies drop off their sorted waste at recycling stations. i visited a recycling center in copenhagen to get a sense of what kinds of strategies are implemented to create such an effective waste management system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

did you know that in denmark, there are 10 categories of recyclable products? here’s a look inside the operations of a recycling center in copenhagen. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4924,4937,4920,4914],"tags":[],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-42864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infrastructure","category-plastic","category-recycling-upcycling","category-sustainability"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\ninside a copenhagen recycling center - planet forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"denmark is one of the best recycling nations in the world. here's a look inside a copenhagen recycling center.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/copenhagen-recycling-center\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"inside a copenhagen recycling center - 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