FAQ
How is waste management organized in Rauma and Eurajoki?
Rauma
Mixed waste: container emptying is ordered from the Rauma waste management. Each residential property must have either its own or a shared mixed waste container with a neighbor.
Packaging waste (plastic, cardboard, metal, glass): packaging waste must be sorted separately from mixed waste. Residents of detached houses must primarily deliver packaging waste to recycling points. Detached house owner can also order container emptying from the Rauma waste management.
Biowaste: Container emptying is ordered from the Rauma waste management. In the Rauma city center, each residential property must have its own or a shared composter or a separate collection container for biowaste. For other residential properties, collection/composting of biowaste is voluntary.
Eurajoki
Mixed waste: the owner of the property orders the emptying of the mixed waste container from the waste transport company of their choice. Every residential property must have either its own or a shared mixed waste container with a neighbor.
Packaging waste (plastic, carton, metal, glass): emptying is ordered from The Rauma Waste Management. The collection of packaging waste is voluntary for single-family residents.
Biowaste: emptying is ordered from The Rauma Waste Management. Biowaste collection is voluntary for single-family residents.
Material sorting
Where do I take large/bulky waste?
Large-sized waste, such as furniture, renovation, moving or cleaning waste, is not part of the housing association’s waste. It should be delivered to The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre or for recycling. If large-sized waste is left next to the housing association’s waste container, the housing association incurs additional costs for its collection. The service company has to pick up large-sized waste separately and it has to use manpower, cars and money for that. In the end, the bill will be paid by the apartment owners.
Where can I take asbestos waste?
Small loads that can be moved by hand can be received on a open top container at the Hevossuo waste station. Larger quantities (e.g. on a open top container) must be taken directly to another asbestos receiving location, for example the Hangassuo waste station in Pori.
What is bitumen roofing felt waste?
At the Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre, bitumen roofing felt that has not been surveyed for asbestos is treated as asbestos-containing waste. Asbestos-containing waste is sorted onto a separate container and asbestos-mapped bitumen roofing felt is sorted into a separate bitumen roofing felt area.
I found three outdated emergency rockets in the corner of the barn. Can I take them to Hevossuo?
No. Emergency rockets are explosives that The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre is not allowed to receive. Return the explosives and fireworks either to the store or take them to the police.
Where can you put old schoolbooks, what about encyclopedias?
Old school books and encyclopedias are mixed waste. Even paperback books are no longer wanted for paper collection because the pages are too dense to be handled as such.
Can I put the ashes in the waste container?
Ashes can be put in the waste container. Before putting the well-cooled ash in the waste container, it should be tightly packed (also other dusty waste). This prevents dusting of the ash during emptying and soiling of the waste container.
Where can I take unnecessary, usable goods and textiles?
If the goods/textiles you don’t need are intact, functional and clean, you can sell them at the flea market or donate them for sale.
What are stabbing and sharp wastes? How do I pack them safely?
Stabbing and sharp wastes are e.g. needles, glass ampoules, knife blades and similar sharp objects.
Sharp wastes are packed in sturdy, impermeable plastic canisters or purpose-made collection containers. They must be marked with the text “Sharp wastes”. They should be delivered to pharmacies or the Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.
What it means when we talk about plastic packaging?
Plastic packaging is a plastic box, wrapper, bag or bottle used to package a product.
Plastic packaging is sorted as a separate material, for which collection containers can be found at Rinki eco-points (RINKI Oy) or you can have your own collection container.
The rest of the plastic materials/products belong to mixed waste. Small amounts are suitable for your own mixed waste container, but larger amounts must be delivered to the waste station for a fee.
What is means when we talk about hard plastic?
Hard plastic usually refers to a product that is made to be used.
Such plastic materials should not be placed in plastic packaging but belong to mixed waste.
What to do with old clothes/textiles?
-> Clothes suitable for reuse can be sold at a flea market or delivered to recycling points maintained by waste management, which have UFF clothing collection containers.
-> Broken clothes/textiles that are still suitable for material use can be delivered to the recycling points’ end-of-life textiles or to the Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.
-> Dirty and smelly clothes/textiles should be sorted as mixed waste.
Where can I take car tires?
Car tires can be taken to The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre, which is one of Suomen Rengaskierrätys Oy’s collection points. You can also deliver tires to e.g. car and tire stores. Car dealerships are obliged to accept a number of used tires equal to the number of tires they sell free of charge. A waste fee is charged for rimmed tires.
Where should the discarded documents and accounting folders go?
With the shredder, you can destroy small amounts of discarded documents yourself. The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre does not have an official archive destruction service for discarded documents. The information security of the papers cannot therefore be guaranteed. Local official archive destruction services can be found online.
Where can you take energy-saving lamps, an old TV and a computer?
The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre has its own containers for electrical devices. Televisions, radios, videos, vacuum cleaners, large household appliances, fluorescent tubes, energy-saving lamps, etc. electrical devices can be taken to The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre free of charge. The devices are delivered forward to be recycled.
Is a light bulb hazardous waste?
Light bulbs are not hazardous waste, but a broken bulb can be put in mixed waste.
Where can you take pressure-treated wood?
Pressure-treated wood is accepted for a fee at The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.
Waste collection at properties
Will the extra bags be taken that are placed next to the waste container?
The main rule is that extra bags are taken without a separate order. A separate fee is charged for extra bags or items. You should only put things that you want to take away next to the waste container. Sometimes it has happened that objects that were otherwise just stored next to the container have ended up in the garbage truck.
Why does the same car collect glass, metal and paper? Do they go to the same load?
The same car may collect both glass, metal and paper, but not all at the same time. That is, if a collection metal container is emptied into the car, other containers for separately collected recyclable waste are not emptied there at the same time. The same applies to glass, cardboard and paper.
Where do you report improper waste handling, such as waste burning, which should be addressed?
Notifications of the littered area to the environmental protection authority, kirjaamo.@rauma.fi, tel. 02 834 11
My neighbor’s garden compost is right on the border of the plot. Can that be it?
It may be, because there is no ban on placing compost right on the border. However, the municipal waste management regulations stipulate that the compost must be placed, built and managed in such a way that harmful animals cannot get to it and that it does not cause harm to health or the environment (e.g. smell). If only garden waste is composted, these disadvantages are unlikely.
Biowaste handling
Where is the Rauma region’s biowaste taken?
Biowaste collected separately in Rauma is transported to the Uusikaupunki biogas plant, Biolinja Oy, where it is utilized as raw material for the biogas plant.
What options are there for sorting biowaste in single-family homes?
There are two options for sorting biowaste:
1. Composting in a closed, rodent-proof composter
– the composter is placed on a stable, flat surface on the property
– the composter can be purchased, for example, from a hardware store or a company that manufactures composters
– the composter can be shared by several nearby properties
2. Separate collection of biowaste
– the separate biowaste collection container is emptied from the roadside of the property at an agreed time
– the smallest possible size of the collection container is 140 liters
– the collection container must have wheels, grab handles and must be mechanically loaded.
– the containers are sold in hardware stores
– the container can be conventional (similar to a mixed waste container) or ventilated.
– the container can be shared by several properties located nearby (shared bio collection)
What is the difference between a conventional and a ventilated biowaste container?
Conventional biowaste container:
– conventional container without ventilation holes, similar to a mixed waste container
– emptying intervals can be 1-2 weeks throughout the year
– you can put a normal black garbage bag inside
– if you wish, you can add an inner garbage bag to the biowaste bin as an extra service for a fee
Ventilated biowaste container:
– small holes in the sides of the container to allow ventilation of the waste
– the container has a inner layer with, which allows air to circulate inside the container
– emptying interval can be 1-4 weeks all year round
– when using a ventilated container, the biowaste should be packed in paper bags or bags folded from newspaper to allow the biowaste to dry out and prevent odours.
Why are biodegradable/plastic bags not allowed in the ventilated biowaste container?
Biowaste cannot ventilate in plastic fruit bags or biodegradable bags, so the contents of the bag start to smell quite quickly. Biodegradable bags can also stick to the underside or walls of the container so that they do not come loose when the container is emptied.
Waste should therefore be packed in paper bags or in bags folded from a newspaper. Biowaste should not be placed loose in the ventilated biowaste container, as loose waste will block the airways of the container.
Why a black plastic inner bag is suitable for an conventional biowaste container?
Black waste bags can be separated better than biodegradable bags in the shredding processes of a biopower plant. The biodegradable bag is more of a problem in the plants because of the stretching material.
What can you do with apples that have fallen to the ground?
Small quantities of apples can be put in a composter or biowaste container. Be aware of the amount of liquid coming from the apples. Larger quantities should be taken to the apple container at The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.
During garden waste weeks, apples can be brought in free of charge, at other times 5€ per trailer load.
Apples brought to the apple container will either end up in game feed or in a biogas plant. Apples left in the yard are highly attractive to rodents and other forest animals.
Does cat litter go in the biowaste container?
No can do. Cat litter can be put in the mixed waste container.
What is a good composter like?
For composting biowaste, you should get a heat-insulated composter so that it works even in the winter months. At the same time, it must be remembered that the cover structures and the base must be tight enough so that harmful animals cannot get into the composter. Compost has to be mixed from time to time due to aeration, so the depth of the composter is a significant factor already in terms of ease of use.
The amount of the mixture and the quality of the waste to be composted affect the size and operation of the composter. Ask your dealer for more details about the composter that suits your budget.
Where do I compost garden waste?
Garden waste can be composted either in an auma or in a board frame. The branches should be chopped or otherwise small so that they compost faster. You must not put food waste in the garden waste compost, because unpleasant guests in the garden may come to visit (rodents).
