I wish I could live in the world where waste isn’t moved around the world for processing. Or if it were, it would be from poorer nations to wealthier ones, not the other way around.
And I hope solar panels and wind turbines also get recycled rather than dumped/exported at end of life…
verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
on 20 Mar 14:15
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As much as I liked for this to be a heartwarming story, Denmark would have to live a 1000 years of net positive carbon society to compensate for the destruction of the environment brought about by APM Mærsk.
Isn’t that just because Maersk is just really big for the size of Denmark? You wouldn’t be saying that if it were taken over by a chinese company.
Either way, the best way to definitively eliminate plastic waste is to incinerate it, I don’t understand why it even needs to be exported at all (if you do it properly).
verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
on 20 Mar 14:33
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Isn’t that just because Maersk is just really big for the size of Denmark? You wouldn’t be saying that if it were taken over by a chinese company.
No, it’s because Denmark lacked legal framework to prosecute foreign bribery by domestic citizens. IIRC there has only been one such case of prosecution, and for a country that ranks low on the corruption perception index, Denmark is remarkably corrupt where it pertains the dealings of their citizens abroad.
“Denmark, often lauded for its low domestic corruption, has faced sharp criticism for its failures in prosecuting Danish nationals for foreign corruption. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has repeatedly highlighted Denmark’s “languid and dismissive” approach, noting that numerous cases were terminated under the presumption that no criminal offence had been committed. The OECD’s 2025 follow-up report underscores that Denmark has not implemented most anti-bribery reforms, with weak enforcement and inadequate whistleblower protection remaining persistent issues. Notably, almost all successful anti-corruption prosecutions involving Danish companies have been led by the United States under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), with Danish firms fined over $32 million in just three major cases. The Council of Europe’s GRECO also found Denmark in “insufficient compliance” with anti-corruption safeguards, urging immediate action and requesting progress reports by mid-2026” - according to LeChat
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Basically, Denmark’s oversized financial success is the result of the complete and utter lack of accountability at home for their criminal behaviour abroad. Lest we forget, Danske is responsible for the single largest money laundering scandal in the history of the EU, some dual national got shafted as a scape goat and no Dane saw the inside of a cell. The country did enjoy the windfall of injected money into its economy to the tune of billions. If we assuma a fractionate reserve leverage of only 1/3 for Danske, that windfall would have been
responsible for the injection of close to 3 trillion € into the Danish economy over the span of the crime. Let that sink in…
Either way, the best way to definitively eliminate plastic waste is to incinerate it, I don’t understand why it even needs to be exported at all (if you do it properly).
Cannot fault your reasoning. There have been suggestions companies like Mærsk are responsible for this choice as it results in rents that are very profitable for the shipping industry.
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I wish I could live in the world where waste isn’t moved around the world for processing. Or if it were, it would be from poorer nations to wealthier ones, not the other way around.
Sweden imports waste to power its icinerators to generate power. So there’s that… (one of them in Copenhagen even has a ski slope on top, lol.)
And I hope solar panels and wind turbines also get recycled rather than dumped/exported at end of life…
As much as I liked for this to be a heartwarming story, Denmark would have to live a 1000 years of net positive carbon society to compensate for the destruction of the environment brought about by APM Mærsk.
Isn’t that just because Maersk is just really big for the size of Denmark? You wouldn’t be saying that if it were taken over by a chinese company.
Either way, the best way to definitively eliminate plastic waste is to incinerate it, I don’t understand why it even needs to be exported at all (if you do it properly).
No, it’s because Denmark lacked legal framework to prosecute foreign bribery by domestic citizens. IIRC there has only been one such case of prosecution, and for a country that ranks low on the corruption perception index, Denmark is remarkably corrupt where it pertains the dealings of their citizens abroad.
“Denmark, often lauded for its low domestic corruption, has faced sharp criticism for its failures in prosecuting Danish nationals for foreign corruption. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has repeatedly highlighted Denmark’s “languid and dismissive” approach, noting that numerous cases were terminated under the presumption that no criminal offence had been committed. The OECD’s 2025 follow-up report underscores that Denmark has not implemented most anti-bribery reforms, with weak enforcement and inadequate whistleblower protection remaining persistent issues. Notably, almost all successful anti-corruption prosecutions involving Danish companies have been led by the United States under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), with Danish firms fined over $32 million in just three major cases. The Council of Europe’s GRECO also found Denmark in “insufficient compliance” with anti-corruption safeguards, urging immediate action and requesting progress reports by mid-2026” - according to LeChat
Sources
Here are the sources in plain text for easy copying:
Whistleblowers Blog: “Denmark’s Anti-Corruption Deficit”
KKC Blog: “Denmark’s Resistance Toward Anti-Corruption Enforcement”
National Law Review: “OECD Flags Denmark’s Failures in Anti-Bribery and Whistleblower Protection”
Council of Europe: “Council of Europe urges Denmark to act on corruption safeguards”
Basically, Denmark’s oversized financial success is the result of the complete and utter lack of accountability at home for their criminal behaviour abroad. Lest we forget, Danske is responsible for the single largest money laundering scandal in the history of the EU, some dual national got shafted as a scape goat and no Dane saw the inside of a cell. The country did enjoy the windfall of injected money into its economy to the tune of billions. If we assuma a fractionate reserve leverage of only 1/3 for Danske, that windfall would have been responsible for the injection of close to 3 trillion € into the Danish economy over the span of the crime. Let that sink in…
Cannot fault your reasoning. There have been suggestions companies like Mærsk are responsible for this choice as it results in rents that are very profitable for the shipping industry.