What RGS Nordic does

Blue Phoenix Denmark (formerly RGS Nordic) is a Danish environmental services and resource recovery company that recycles construction waste, treats contaminated soil, and processes slag from waste-to-energy plants. The company operates 18 reception and processing facilities across Denmark — including the country's largest facility on Amager — and handles approximately one-third of Denmark's construction and excavation waste, processing millions of tons of material and more than 375,000 tons of slag annually. Its advanced processing systems recover up to 98% of metals (copper, aluminum, brass, zinc, and stainless steel) from slag, and the company documents over 90% recycling or recovery rates for the construction waste it receives.

The company monetizes through two complementary revenue streams: gate fees and tipping charges for accepting construction waste, contaminated soil, and slag at its facilities, plus sales of recovered materials including crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, lime-stabilized soil, stabilized gravel, and slag aggregate to construction companies and infrastructure projects. Pricing is quote-based, set per material type, volume, contamination level, and processing requirement, and the company provides free circularity documentation to customers through a dedicated online portal. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise B2B sales targeting construction firms, contractors, excavation companies, and Danish municipalities and utilities, with named customers including Rockwool, Gyproc, MT Højgaard, Realdania, Enemærke & Petersen, ARKIL, Vejle Kommune, and Aarhus municipal utility Kredsløb.

Blue Phoenix expanded its slag franchise by acquiring the former Meldgaard Sustain & Recycling operations, which became Blue Phoenix Denmark IBA and IBA Sustain under director Jesper Lykke Brix (appointed November 2024), and signed multi-year slag offtake contracts with Kredsløb covering approximately 56,000 tons annually from Lisbjerg and Skanderborg. In June 2025 the company reopened reception for mixed mineral wool insulation. Headquartered in Copenhagen at Selinevej 4 and employing over 250 people, RGS Nordic was founded in 1991 and has since been rebranded under the Blue Phoenix group; leadership includes President and CEO Flemming Bendt.

Name

RGS Nordic

Legal name

Blue Phoenix Denmark

Website

https://rgsnordic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Blue Phoenix Denmark (formerly RGS Nordic) operates 18 facilities across Denmark, recycling construction waste, treating contaminated soil, and processing slag from waste-to-energy plants with up to 98% metal recovery, serving construction firms, municipalities, and utilities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Waste Recycling

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hazardous Waste Recycling & Recovery (Solvent Recovery, Oil Re-refining, Metals Recovery) (EUAIAFAI)

Keywords

• Construction waste recycling
• Recycled aggregates supply
• Contaminated soil treatment
• Slag metal recovery
• Demolition waste processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Waste Processing and Material Sales: Blue Phoenix generates revenue by receiving and processing construction waste, contaminated soil, and slag. They charge fees for waste acceptance and generate additional revenue by selling recovered materials including crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, stabilized soil, and processed slag for use in construction and infrastructure projects.
2. Material Sales: Sale of recycled and recovered construction materials including crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, lime-stabilized soil, and slag aggregate to construction companies and infrastructure projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

RGS Nordic operates 18 recycling facilities across Denmark that receive, process and recycle construction, demolition and excavation waste, contaminated soil, and slag. The company converts these waste streams into certified recycled aggregates (crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, lime-stabilized soil, stabilized gravel) and recovers metals from slag at high recovery rates, supplying the outputs back into the Danish construction sector.

Product overview

Blue Phoenix Denmark (formerly RGS Nordic) operates as an industrial-scale resource recovery company offering integrated waste treatment and circular material services. The core portfolio consists of three interconnected service lines: construction waste treatment (handling approximately one-third of Denmark's building and excavation waste across 18 facilities), contaminated soil treatment (processing millions of tons annually), and slag processing with metal recovery (extracting up to 98% of metals including copper, aluminum, brass, zinc, and stainless steel from waste energy plant slag). The company complements its treatment operations with a customer portal providing documented circularity metrics, and offers a range of recovered construction materials including crushed concrete, crushed asphalt, lime-stabilized soil, and stabilized gravel. Additional recycling services cover gypsum, stone wool, and mineral wool insulation. The company employs over 250 staff and processes more than 375,000 tons of slag annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Crushed concrete aggregate Recycled concrete aggregate produced by crushing and processing construction and demolition concrete at RGS Nordic's Danish facilities; sold as a replacement for virgin aggregate to construction companies and infrastructure projects in Denmark.
• Crushed asphalt aggregate Recycled asphalt aggregate produced by processing demolished asphalt from roads and infrastructure; supplied to construction and road-building customers as a substitute for virgin asphalt aggregate.
• Lime-stabilized soil Contaminated soil treated and stabilized with lime to allow safe reuse in construction and infrastructure works; offered to contractors, municipalities and developers needing to remediate and re-use soil from brownfield or excavation sites.
• Stabilized gravel Stabilized recycled gravel aggregate produced at RGS Nordic's facilities for use in construction and road-building applications.
• Construction and excavation waste reception and processing Service for receiving construction, demolition and excavation waste at RGS Nordic's 18 facilities across Denmark and processing it into reusable materials or preparing it for further treatment; sold to construction companies, municipalities and utilities.
• Slag metal recovery Service that recovers metals from slag processed at RGS Nordic's Danish facilities, with up to 98% metal recovery; the slag input volume handled exceeds 375,000 tons per year, making recovered metals a significant by-product stream for metal markets.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 90% of construction waste is recycled or recovered
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Meldgaard Sustain & RecyclingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Phoenix acquired the former Meldgaard activities for treatment and recycling of slag in Denmark. The acquisition expanded Blue Phoenix's slag processing business and led to the formation of Blue Phoenix Denmark IBA and IBA Sustain (formerly Meldgaard Sustain & Recycling). Jesper Lykke Brix was appointed as the new director for this slag business unit.
• KredsløbcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBlue Phoenix Denmark IBA Sustain A/S signed contracts with Kredsløb, the municipal utility company of Aarhus Municipality, to handle slag from their waste-to-energy facilities. Contracts cover approximately 45,000 tons from Lisbjerg plant and 11,000 tons from Skanderborg plant annually.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FCC Environment: European waste management operator with broad recycling, soil treatment, and material recovery capabilities; competes in adjacent markets on integrated waste-to-resource solutions.
• Remondis: Family-owned German environmental services provider with extensive C&D waste recycling, soil treatment, and secondary building materials production across Europe.
• Suez: Major European environmental services and water/waste group operating construction and hazardous waste treatment lines; comparable on contaminated soil handling and recycled aggregate offtake.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services giant offering construction waste processing, soil remediation, and material recovery as part of a broad portfolio; overlaps on C&D recycling and aggregate production.

Emerging players

• PreZero: Schwarz Group's environmental services arm operating C&D and commercial waste sorting and recovery facilities across Europe; comparable in circular materials output and feedstock-driven processing.

Direct peers

• Renewi: European waste-to-product company with significant construction, demolition, and soil remediation operations in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK; comparable business model combining waste intake, processing, and sale of secondary materials.
• Blue Phoenix Group: Parent group of Blue Phoenix Denmark; operates integrated bottom-ash and IBA processing facilities across Europe using similar slag-to-aggregate and metal recovery technology, making it the closest direct peer at the corporate level.
• Ragn-Sells: Nordic environmental services company offering construction and demolition waste recycling, soil treatment, and material recovery across the Nordics; directly comparable on C&D waste, soil handling, and circular material sales.

Regional players

• Marius Pedersen: Danish waste management and recycling company operating sorting and processing facilities in Denmark; comparable in customer base, service mix (C&D, soil, recyclables), and national footprint.
• H.J. Hansen: Danish demolition and environmental services firm with construction waste handling and soil remediation offerings; regional overlap with Blue Phoenix Denmark's customer base and service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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