Environment
Carbon Neutral Rauma
The City of Rauma is part of the Hinku network that brings together municipalities, businesses, citizens, and experts to create and carry out solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental Protection
The mission of the city is to promote environmental protection by safeguarding, managing, and developing nature and the environment, thereby ensuring a healthy, pleasant, stimulating, and environmentally sustainable living environment for the residents of the municipality.
The environmental protection authority of the City of Rauma is the Environmental and Licensing Board, under which the Environmental Protection Unit takes care of preparatory, monitoring, and implementation tasks, as well as decision-making delegated to officials.
Carpet Washing Points
The City of Rauma maintains six carpet washing points where you can wash your carpets safely and in an environmentally friendly way. They are open from mid-May until the end of September.
Parks and forests
Greenspaces create a comfortable, thrilling and historic environment. The planning is based on the lines outlined in the city plan. The general planning of parks and green areas is made mainly by the city’s own personnel. In Rauma there are about 600 hectares of landscaped parks.
Environmental Health Care
Etelä-Satakunta Environmental Health Care, which operates as part of the Etelä-Satakunta environmental office, is responsible for environmental healthcare services in Rauma. The municipality of Säkylä is responsible for the operation on a contractual basis.