Renholdningsselskabet af 1898
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Renholdningsselskabet af 1898 (Danish
for "The 1898 Cleansing Company"), commonly known as R98, is a Danish
company owned by Copenhagen
and Frederiksberg
municipalities. It services the people there with collecting waste
, garden waste, bulky waste
, recycling glass
, recycling paper
, hazardous waste
, hospital waste and other special waste sections.
The company started in 1898 under the name Kjøbenhavns Grundejeres Renholdningsselskab, shortened to KGR. Then its task to empty and wash latrine buckets, in the jargon called "removal of night soil
". The buckets were carried to Amager
, where they built a cleaner station. From this Amager got the unattractive nickname
Lorteøen (= "the shit
island").
In 1984 the container department Renoflex was eliminated from R98 because of problems with solutions for industrial waste and garbage collection outside the coverage.
In 2003 tenders were invited for a part of the collection tasks, specifically collection of garden refuse and bulky refuse in containers. This was due to (for instance) dissatisfaction from other haulage contractors because the task without supplies was carried out by above mentioned Renoflexes, and they certain places thought it was unfair. This brought a splitting up at two districts (north and south) that today (2006) are serviced by two separate companies.
In 2005 R98's 30-year contract with the municipalities about the collection of refuse collection was declared illegal in a case. Here afterwards the planning of the call for tenders of this area started, and at the same time one agreed to that the service in the course of time was to be transferred to be a municipal task. Because of the task's size the work at stages is invited tenders for over a short number of years.
In 2011 the company should be finally eliminated, and the necessary staff should be transferred to the two municipalities.
R98 is a non-profit company and must therefore not make money on handling of waste.
Danish language
Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...
for "The 1898 Cleansing Company"), commonly known as R98, is a Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
company owned by Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
and Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg Kommune is a municipality on the island of Zealand in Denmark. It surrounded by the city of Copenhagen. The municipality, co-extensive with its seat, covers an area of and has a total population of 98,782 making it the smallest municipality in Denmark area-wise, the fifth most...
municipalities. It services the people there with collecting waste
Waste
Waste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly...
, garden waste, bulky waste
Bulky waste
Bulky waste or bulky refuse is a technical term taken from waste management to describe waste types that are too large to be accepted by the regular waste collection. It is usually picked up regularly in many countries from the streets or pavements of the area...
, recycling glass
Glass recycling
Glass recycling is the process of turning waste glass into usable products. Glass waste should be separated by chemical composition, and then, depending on the end use and local processing capabilities, might also have to be separated into different colors. Many recyclers collect different colors...
, recycling paper
Paper recycling
Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. Mill broke is paper trimmings and other paper...
, hazardous waste
Hazardous waste
A hazardous waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment. According to the U.S. environmental laws hazardous wastes fall into two major categories: characteristic wastes and listed wastes.Characteristic hazardous wastes are materials that are known...
, hospital waste and other special waste sections.
The company started in 1898 under the name Kjøbenhavns Grundejeres Renholdningsselskab, shortened to KGR. Then its task to empty and wash latrine buckets, in the jargon called "removal of night soil
Night soil
Night soil is a euphemism for human excrement collected at night from cesspools, privies, etc. and sometimes used as a fertilizer. Night soil is produced as a result of a waste management system in areas without community infrastructure such as a sewage treatment facility, or individual septic...
". The buckets were carried to Amager
Amager
Amager is a Danish island in the Øresund. The Danish capital, Copenhagen, is partly situated on Amager, which is connected to the much larger island of Zealand by five bridges.-History:...
, where they built a cleaner station. From this Amager got the unattractive nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
Lorteøen (= "the shit
Shit
Shit is usually considered vulgar and profane in Modern English. As a noun it refers to fecal matter and as a verb it means to defecate or defecate in; in the plural it means diarrhea...
island").
In 1984 the container department Renoflex was eliminated from R98 because of problems with solutions for industrial waste and garbage collection outside the coverage.
In 2003 tenders were invited for a part of the collection tasks, specifically collection of garden refuse and bulky refuse in containers. This was due to (for instance) dissatisfaction from other haulage contractors because the task without supplies was carried out by above mentioned Renoflexes, and they certain places thought it was unfair. This brought a splitting up at two districts (north and south) that today (2006) are serviced by two separate companies.
In 2005 R98's 30-year contract with the municipalities about the collection of refuse collection was declared illegal in a case. Here afterwards the planning of the call for tenders of this area started, and at the same time one agreed to that the service in the course of time was to be transferred to be a municipal task. Because of the task's size the work at stages is invited tenders for over a short number of years.
In 2011 the company should be finally eliminated, and the necessary staff should be transferred to the two municipalities.
R98 is a non-profit company and must therefore not make money on handling of waste.