Waste management in Upper-Savo Area

It has been put a lot of effort on reducing the amount of waste, assorting solid waste, separate collection and recycling.

1. Avoid waste

only buy what you need
avoid disposable products
choose durable and reparable products
avoid excessively packaged goods
choose products with refillable packaging
avoid toxic products
use easily recyclable materials

2. Separate all recyclable waste and hazardous wastes

Paper
(newspapers, magazines, advertisements, envelopes)
All paper which arrives in your home with the post should be recyclable.



Glass
(coloured and clear glass, no window glass, porcelain or ceramics)
returnable bottles back to the shop

Metals
(food tins and aluminium trays, metal objects. bicycle frames)

Cardboard
(Brown cardboard, corrugated cardboard and kraft paper, liquid cartons like milk, juice and cream cartons, biscuit and cereal packages.



Biowaste
(food leftovers, fruit and vegetable peel, kitchen paper, gardening waste, tea bags)

Electrical goods and electronic scrap
(TVs, computers, refrigerators, freezers)

Hazardous wastes
(waste oils, batteries and accumulators, fluorescent light tubes, medicines, mercury thermometers, paints, clues, varnishes, solvents and other toxic materials)

Citizens can bring their recyclable wastes to ecopoints. Ecopoints are meant for household waste such as glass, small metal objects, paper and cardboard. Ecopoints are located near markets, shopping centres and in small residential areas. Approximately 80 ecopoints are located in the Upper-Savo region.

Citizens can bring their electrical goods and electrical crap to local collection point, Kuusakoski Oy or waste treatment centre of Ylä-Savo. All Hazardous wastes to local collection point, Ekokem Oy Ab or waste treatment centre of Upper-Savo.

The waste which remains after separating hazardous waste, biowaste and recyclable wastes should be taken to own waste bin or to waste treatment centre of Upper-Savo.