Discarding and burning waste will soon be history – tomorrow the Danish island of Bornholm intends to have implemented a zero-waste concept. However, achieving that goal is a feat requiring a joint effort of everyone involved.

Whereas all previous plans revolved around storing the climate gas CO2 in underground layers of rock or just getting rid of it, it’s now supposed to be converted into a valuable raw material.

Transformed into recreational areas for local residents, biotopes and sites for pumped storage power plants, industrial wastelands can help heal the wounds inflicted by the coal era.