Household Waste Management
Electronic Forms
Own container
The waste container is acquired by the owner / holder of the property and its location is subject to a suitable road to the garbage truck. The maximum emptying interval (without separate application) of a permanent residence waste container is four weeks. The waste container for a leisure home is emptied as necessary, however, at least three times in the summer for a maximum of four weeks of emptying interval.
Use of a shared container is economical
The shared waste container for multiple users is the most economical way to properly handle waste management. The shared container system can consist of two or more nearby neighbor properties. In the sparsely populated area, the shared container system can also be formed by village committees and road authorities. The waste container must have a contact person to whom the invoice is sent and which corresponds to the maintenance of the container.
Printable forms
Rauma
The city of Rauma organizes the transport of mixed waste, biowaste, plastic packaging, carton packaging, glass packaging and small metal waste in the Rauma area. Residents of single-family houses and housing with less than five apartments are obliged to take collected paper, carton packaging, glass packaging and small metals to recycling points. Collection of packaging waste and biowaste from a detached house is possible. In Rauma’s downtown area, every residential property has an obligation to sort biowaste from 19 July 2024.
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: From July 1, 2024, emptying will be ordered from The Rauma Waste Management. Biowaste collection is voluntary for single-family residents.
Waste container
- recyclable waste and hazardous waste must be removed from the mixed waste
- it must be compact and intact, it must also have wheels and grips
- it doesn’t matter what color the container is as long as it is marked with the right waste label
- dust or ash is packed so that it does not leak into the environment when it is emptied
- the maximum weight of the hand-movable waste container is 60 kg
- overweighted containers may be left unloaded if the waste container could broke
- the garbage truck has unobstructed access up to 10 meters from the waste container
- the areas and the passageways are such that the container can be easily emptied (snow moved, passageways sanded)
- a garbage bag rack is not allowed as a collection tool
- extra waste may be temporarily left in bags next to the waste container for a fee
Do not put to the container
- flammable and explosive wastes
- liquid wastes
- hazardous waste
- toilet waste
- sand or soil
- large and heavy objects, construction waste
- electrical devices
- recyclable wastes
Emptying
Join the waste transport system by filling the new collection form, contacting our customer service tel. 040 833 1060 or jatehuollonlaskutus@rauma.fi
- make an agreed emptying interval (1, 2 or 4 weeks) on a given day of the week
- an extension of 8 or 12 weeks can be obtained by a waste management authority’s decision if the biowaste is composted to a proper composter or collected separately
- applying for a change or making a reminder to the waste invoice will be made by the waste management customer service
- exceptionally, the emptying day may be changed if weekdays falls on public holidays, transport equipment breaks or an unforeseen situation occurs
- the temporary changes of the emptying date are not reported, so you should keep the waste container permanently at the same place
- The non-collection of the waste fee is possible only if the property is uninhabitable
- Application for exception to waste fees (electronic form, strong identification)
Waste disposal fee
Waste disposal fee will be charged despite the fact that the container is
- empty when retrieved
- too heavy
- damaged
- too far
- the passage to the container is blocked
- the passageway is impassable
The billing interval is 3 months.
Biowaste’s many processing ways
A residential property located in conurbation with 10,000 inhabitants must have a separate collection container or rodent-proof.
Biowaste collection container
1-2 week interval
Container has to have wheels, handle and it has to be suitable to be mechanically loaded. The smallest possible size is 140 l.
1-4 week interval
Biowaste collection container is ventilated and have spacing layer at the bottom of the container. Biowaste must be packed in a paper bag when using biowaste’s collection container on the property. Container has to have wheels, handle and it has to be suitable to be mechanically loaded. The smallest possible size is 140 l.
Owner of the property will acquire the biowaste collection container and makes a contract with the waste management’s customer service:
- with electronic form
- with printable form
- with phone 040 833 1060
- with e-mail jatehuollonlaskutus@rauma.fi
Neighbors can acquire biowaste container together and form bio-buddy system/cooperative arrangement. Both a permanent residence and a leisure home can acquire this system.
Composter and composting
Composting is a good way to reuse the biowaste formed at the property
After you have acquired a composter you only need beddings/ mixture and biowaste.
Start to compost: Spread beddings/mixture 5-10cm layer to the base of composter. Add alternately biowaste and beddings/ mixture. You should add beddings everytime you add biowaste to the composter.
In a thermally insulated composter the burning of the biowasteis so fast, that the composter should get enough air to stay operational. You should mix up the mass once a month.
Thermally insulated composter that gets enough biowaste and biowaste burns all year round. The need to empty the composter may even be every 6-7 weeks.
It would be good to have second phase composter to composting. When emptying the composter, the easiest thing to do is to put the composted biowaste in the second phase compost. Composted biowaste without phase two/ second stage composting can be too strong for mostgarden plants.
A composter intended for composting biowaste must be rodent-proof.
You can find more information on maintaining a composter, e.g., on the websites of companies that manufacture composters.
Composting must be reported to the waste management authority, electronic form www.rauma.fi/jatehuolto or paper form filled out at the service point Pyyrman.
Compostings notification forms can also be found from the libraries of Eurajoki.
You can also start composting with a neighbor, by getting a composter or using an already existing composter together. Such an option is good if the household generates small amounts of biowaste.
