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Upper Savo Waste Handling Centre 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 closed closed 29.3.2024 closed 1.4.2024 closed 1.5.2024 closed 4.5.2024 10.00-15.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 10.00-13.00 21.6.2024 closed 6.7.2024 10.00-13.00 3.8.2024 10.00-13.00 7.9.2024 10.00-13.00 19.10.2024 10.00-15.00 6.12.2024 closed 24.12.2024 closed 25.12.2024 closed 26.12.2024 closed

Keitele waste sorting centre closed closed 16.00-18.00 closed closed closed closed 1.5.2024 closed 25.5.2025 10.00-13.00 25.12.2024 closed

Kiuruvesi waste sorting centre 7.30-12.30 closed closed 12.00-17.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 9.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 12.00-14.00 15.6.2024 12.00-14.00 20.7.2024 12.00-14.00 24.8.2024 12.00-14.00 26.12.2024 closed

Lapinlahti waste sorting centre 9.00-12.00 closed closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 4.5.2024 9.00-11.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 9.00-11.00 13.7.2024 9.00-11.00 10.8.2024 9.00-11.00 26.12.2024 closed

Pielavesi waste sorting centre closed closed 15.00-18.00 closed 9.00-12.00 closed closed 29.3.2024 closed 1.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 9.00-11.00 15.6.2024 9.00-11.00 21.6.2024 closed 20.7.2024 9.00-11.00 24.8.2024 9.00-11.00 6.12.2024 closed 25.12.2024 closed

Sonkajärvi waste sorting centre closed 9.00-12.00 closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed 4.5.2024 15.00-17.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 15.00-17.00 13.7.2024 15.00-17.00 10.8.2024 15.00-17.00 24.12.2024 closed 26.12.2024 closed 31.12.2024 closed

Varpaisjärvi waste sorting centre closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed closed closed 4.5.2024 12.00-14.00 8.6.2024 12.00-14.00 13.7.2024 12.00-14.00 10.8.2024 12.00-14.00 24.12.2024 closed 31.12.2024 closed

Vieremä waste sorting centre 13.00-18.00 closed closed 9.00-14.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 9.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 15.00-17.00 15.6.2024 15.00-17.00 20.7.2024 15.00-17.00 24.8.2024 15.00-17.00 26.12.2024 closed

Mixed waste

in the property's collection container

Underwear, socks, shoes, belts, bags
CDs, DVDs and LPs, floppy disks, cassettes
Smelly and dirty textiles
Incandescent and halogen light bulbs, fuses
Hygiene products, such as disposable nappies, menstrual products and cotton swabs
Hand paper towels
Gift wrapping paper
Glassware
Pet bedding
Dirty cardboard, carton, paper and plastic packages
Plastic items, such as toys, toothbrushes, freezer containers
Leather, faux leather, rubber
Mirrors, pieces of broken window glass, porcelain, ceramics
Small wooden items
Chewing gum
Vacuum cleaner dust bags, cleaning waste
Ash, cigarette butts
Pillows, pet beds

How to recycle?

Individual pieces of non-combustible materials, such as glass and ceramics, can be sorted into mixed waste; deliver larger amounts to a sorting station.

What's the outcome?

Used to generate energy at the waste-to-energy plant.

A guide to sorting mixed waste (pdf)