All households pay an eco-fee, the eco-fee is a basic fee for waste management in accordance with the Waste Act and is invoiced by Botniarosk.
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Rowhouses and apartment blocks must have one or more waste bins for combustible waste. During the summer, i.e., from May to the end of September, the bins must be emptied at intervals of 1–2 weeks and at other times at intervals of 1–4 weeks. An agreement of emptying is made with a waste transport company. The waste transport company invoices the transport and treatment fee of the combustible waste.
Separate collection of biowaste became mandatory for rowhouses and apartment blocks with five or more apartments in urban areas in July 2022, and until then the emptying of the containers had been carried out by local waste transport companies. On 19 July 2024, the emptying of biowaste containers was transferred to municipally organised waste transport.
The Waste Act was renewed in 2021 and with the amendments to the Act, separate collection of packaging is mandatory for residential buildings in urban areas with five or more dwellings, and transport must be organised by the municipality. In urban areas, all properties, both private and business, have the option of joining the collection scheme by ordering regular collection.
In addition to the types of waste listed above, paper is also collected from rowhouses and apartment blocks in the manner prescribed in Sections 49 and 50 of the Waste Act. Encore Environmental Services are responsible for the gathering of paper waste.
Hazardous waste, electrical and electronic waste, landfill waste, recyclable waste and larger objects, such as furniture, are taken to a recycling station.
If the residential building is in a rural area or is located in an urban area, but consists of less than 5 apartments, separate collection of paper and packaging waste is not required, these types of waste can be taken to the nearest ecopoint.
Waste paper, metal and glass packaging can be taken to the nearest Botniarosk or Rinki ecopoint. In addition to paper, metal and glass packaging, Rinki ecopoints also collect carton packaging as well as plastic packaging at some of their ecopoints.
Large quantities of waste are delivered to the waste center in Teuva. Household waste, that does not belong in the waste bin at the residential building or at the ecopoints, is mainly delivered to the recycling station. As a rule of thumb, a car trailer with waste belongs at the recycling station, while a tractor trailer with a single type of waste is left at the waste center.
