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Overview: More Legal Battles Loom After Nordic Waste Landslide

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The bankruptcy estates of Nordic Waste and DSH Recycling are seeking 17 million kroner from three companies linked to the group.
  • The case follows the major landslide at Nordic Waste’s site near Ølst in December 2023 and the costs incurred by Randers Municipality to contain it.
  • The estates also plan to sue six former executives for about 450 million kroner, while earlier inquiries criticized both company responsibility and municipal oversight.

The legal fallout from the Nordic Waste landslide is widening. The bankruptcy estates of Nordic Waste and its sister company, DSH Recycling, are seeking 17 million kroner from three companies in the group behind them.

The landslide at Nordic Waste’s site in Ølst, south of Randers, accelerated in mid-December 2023. On Dec. 19, Nordic Waste left the site and Randers Municipality took over efforts to control the slide, contain it and prevent pollution, including pollution of the Alling River.

Nordic Waste filed for bankruptcy on Jan. 19, 2024. In a press release, the company said its liability ended with the bankruptcy and would not be assumed by its owners. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, known as GEUS, concluded on Feb. 20 that the landslide had largely stabilized. It identified the large amount of deposited soil as one factor driving the slide’s development.

DSH Recycling, which owns the site, sued Randers Municipality in September 2024. The company argued, contrary to the municipality’s position, that it could not be held financially responsible for the cleanup. DSH Recycling entered bankruptcy proceedings in November 2024.

Randers’ city council approved a state loan of 290 million kroner in February 2025 to cover the municipality’s costs. An investigation commissioned by the council later found errors and shortcomings in the municipality’s oversight, saying better supervision might have detected the landslide earlier and possibly reduced its scale. On June 29, 2026, the bankruptcy estates said they would sue six members of the managements of Nordic Waste and DSH Recycling for about 450 million kroner in damages.

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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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