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Silkeborg Municipality is known as Denmark’s Outdoor Capital, with lakes, forests and the Gudenå river creating excellent conditions for recreation. The municipality also has cultural life and a strong business structure.
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In Silkeborg Municipality, household waste is sorted into ten trash categories: food waste, residual waste, paper/cardboard, plastic, metal, glass, food and beverage cartons, textiles, hazardous waste and electronics. Each household uses three divided containers, allowing several waste types to be sorted at home. Silkeborg Forsyning manages collection, while hazardous waste must be delivered to recycling stations. The waste and resource plan aims to increase recycling and reduce waste.
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Silkeborg Forsyning's Affald Online and collection calendar show the next collection and can be used to report missed service. A typical detached-house setup has three bins for food/residual waste, paper/cardboard/textiles and glass/metal/plastic/cartons.
The searchable Affalds-ABC shows for each item whether it belongs in a bin, the environmental box, a garden-waste or compost bin, or at a recycling centre. Silkeborg also provides complete sorting guides in Danish, English and German.
Silkeborg does not provide ordinary household bulky-waste pickup. Furniture, mattresses, appliances and other large items must be sorted and delivered to the recycling centres at Tietgensvej, Tandskov, Gjern or Them.
Small amounts of hazardous waste go in the red environmental box, which must weigh no more than 4 kg and close completely. The box is placed out with the next recyclable-bin collection; larger quantities must be taken to a recycling centre.
An optional collection service offers 240 or 370-400 litre garden-waste bins with eight collections from March to November. The bin may weigh no more than 20 kg per 100 litres and must be at the boundary by 5:30 a.m.; garden waste can also be composted or taken to all four sites.
Source: The information is based on Silkeborg Municipality's official waste pages and Silkeborg Genbrug og Affald. Affaldsguide Danmark is an independent guide and is not part of the municipality or utility company.
Last checked: 2026-05-15
