Waste sorting

Waste sorting is easy and saves the environment and natural resources. Valuable materials are reused and the use of new materials is reduced. The sorting is also economical.

Kierrätys.info – you can search for regional collection points and collecting information in Rauma and all over Finland.

Mixed waste

Household waste, that cannot be recycled other ways is known as mixed waste. Mixed waste is loaded at The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre’s loading hall before incineration.

YES

light bulbs, including incandescent and halogen
lighters and fuses
discs, CDs, DVDs, cassettes, video tapes
empty toner and ink cartridges
used diapers
vacuum cleaner bags
cosmetic products
ceramic and porcelain dishes
shoes (i.e. rubber and leather materials)
cigarette ends and ashes
dirty clothes and other fabrics
dirty papers and cartons/cardboards
polyurethane foams materials ( i.e. mattresses)
other plastic materials than plastic packagings, (i.e. plastic toys, dishwashing brush)
books

NO
flammable or explosive waste
liquid waste
hazardous waste
toilet waste
gravelling sand or other soil
large or heavy items, (i.e. furniture, construction waste)
electrical devices
reusable materials (i.e glass, metal, paper, carton and cardboard)
biowaste

Plastic packaging

Flatten the packages, if possible. Remove caps, lids and pump parts and sort them separately. These parts are often made of different plastic than the rest of the packaging. The measure improves recycling.

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YES

Empty and dry plastic household packaging

plastic food packaging such as yoghurt pots, butter tubs and packaging for colt cuts, cheese and ready-meal trays
detergent, shampoo and soap packaging
plastic bottles, cans and jars, preferably flattened
plastic carrier bags, pouches and wrappings
EPS or Styrofoam packaging

NO
mixed waste, construction waste or very dirty plastic packagin
any material other than plastic packaging (no cardboard, glass, metal, wood)
other plastic products or plastic packaging used in companies
packages that contain traces of dangerous substances (e.g. lighter fluids, oils, fuels, paints, chemicals, medicines). Take these packages to the local hazardous waste disposal point.

Textiles

Textiles should be recycled, sold or donated. You can donate clothes, home textiles, toys and shoes in good condition to charities. If this is not possible, textiles are recycled as material or utilized as energy.

End-of-life textiles are utilized as material

End-of-life textiles are unusable and unnecessary home textiles and clothes. Utilization as a material means the opening of textile fibers and the reprocessing and use of the fiber obtained from it. Recycled fiber is processed into products for the automotive and textile industries.

The end-of-life textiles should be packed in a plastic bag. Collection containers for end-of-life textiles can be found from the recycling points maintained by Rauma Waste Management in Rauma and Eurajoki. In Luvia the end-of-life textile collection container is at S-market’s ecopoint.

End-of-life textiles must be clean, dry and odorless. They must also not contain textile pests, not even traces of pests. The end-of-life textiles are sorted by hand, so we hope you follow the instructions.

Waste textiles are currently collected at seven recycling points maintained by The Waste Management, Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre and Kirppis Retriika. It is a good idea to bring large quantities of end-of-life textiles directly to Hevossuo.

You can find receiving points from the map at www.kierratys.info.

YES

coats, pants, skirts ja shirts
sheets, towels, curtains and tablecloth

shoes, bags, belts, underwear, socks, tights
pillows, blankets, sleeping bags and stuffed toys
dirty textiles, like damp, moldy, strong odour/smell
rugs

Recycling points (pdf)
Kierrätys.info

Biowaste

Around a third of all household waste is made up of organic material. You can use your biowaste container or composter to dispose of all organic matter, i.e. anything that was previously a living organism. Please place your biowaste in a paper bag or in a folded newspaper bag.

Biowaste is turned into gas at the biogas plants. If biowaste is not separated from other waste, it will be incinerated alongside mixed waste and this will impair the incineration process.

More about biowaste collection containers and composters from household waste management page.

YES

food waste, fish bones and trimmings
peelings, including berries, fruit and vegetables
egg shells
dried and spoiled food
tea leaves and coffee grounds, including filters
baking paper, egg carton
dried up flowers and plants
solidified fat, wrapped in paper
small animal/ pet cleaning waste, i.e. pellets
NO
hazardous waste, including out-of-date medicines
liquids
cigarette ends, ash
vacuum cleaner bags
milk and juice cartons
rubber, leather, glass, porcelain
fabrics
plastics, metals
plastic-coated papers, nappies
cat litter, soil

Glass packaging

You can place both clear and coloured glass packages in glass package collections. The items must be rinsed, remove lids, tops and metal parts removed. All bottles that are subject to a deposit scheme (pantti) should be returned to your local shop.

Even a small fragment of porcelain mixed with glass packaging collection can lead to significant issues and cost. If you are not sure whether something is glass package or not, it is better to dispose it as mixed waste than to include it in glass packaging collection.

YES

glass bottles
glass jars

lids, tops and plastic and metal parts (collar can be left as is)
porcelain, ceramics
glass crockery, including drinking glasses, oven dishes, coffee makers and lids
crystal glasses
opal glass (i.e. cosmetics packaging and decorative items)
window panes, windscreens
mirrors and laminated glass
injection vials and ampoules

Metal

Metal waste can be placed into a metal collection container or to the Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre free of charge. Larger pieces of metal waste, including bicycles, lawnmowers, steel roofing and agricultural machinery should be taken to a scrap merchant or to the Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre. Please remove batteries and drain oil.

YES

cans, metal tops and lids
ready meal containers, clean foil
metal tea light linersdrinks cans not subject to a deposit scheme (pantti)
metal domestic items, including saucepans
metal tools, including hammers, screws, nails and files
small machine parts
empty, dry paint tins
any mixed items made up of at least 50% metal

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batteries
electrical devices
hazardous waste

Paper

Papers should be sorted carefully to ensure the greatest possible benefit from the collection so that papers can be recycled to new paper products . You can take your collected papers to housing company’s collection container, to recycling points or to The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.

Collected papers shouldn’t be placed in plastic bags, boxes or tied up with string as this will make it unsuitable for reuse by the paper industry.

Deliver confidential documents for the service provider.

YES

newspapers and magazines
advertising
printer and copy paper
recycled paper, colored paper
envelopes

NO
aluminum-coated paper
gift wrap
wet or dirty paper
cardboard or carton
books
soft paper products (i.e. kitchen towel, hand towels, tissues)
egg cartons
brown paper bags
gift wrap
drawings and craft carton
wallpaper

Carton packaging

Cartons and cardboards should be sorted carefully to ensure the greatest possible benefit from the collection so that cartons and cardboards can be recycled to new products.

You can take your collected cartons and cardboards to housing company’s collection container, to recycling points or to The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.

Unfold and flatten all packaging and boxes, tapes and staples don’t need to be removed.

YES

cardboard boxes
kraft paper, corrugated fibreboard
milk, juice and other cartons, rinsed and drip-dried
biscuit and cake packaging
sugar and flour bagsclean disposable tableware
egg cartons
brown paperbags

NO
wet or dirty carton or cardboard
wallpaper
gift wrapping paper
plastic-coated carton or cardboard
soft paper products

Electrical devices

Electrical devices requires some kind of electrical power sources or batteries to operate. Free of charge reception at The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre for i.e. batteries, energy-saving light bulbs and fluorescent tubes. Can also be delivered to some stores selling them.

YES

refrigerators, freezers
washing machines, dishwashers
cookers, microwave ovens
TVs, video machines, video cameras
radios, speakers, digital cameras, instruments
computers, printers, screens, keyboards
vacuum cleaners (please remove all bags), sewing machines
hair dryers, ironing boards, electric shavers
wringers, toasters, coffee machines
lights, torches
electrical and electronic tools (excluding industrial tools)
medical equipment
monitoring equipment
fire alarms with batteries removed
energy-, led- and fluorescent lights

NO
dismantled devices
loose batteries

Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste includes substances that, even in small quantities, have the potential to harm human health and the environment. Hazardous waste must never be mixed with other waste. You should always return all explosives, fireworks and emergency flares to the place where you bought them or hand them over to the police. All medicines and mercury- in-glass thermometers should be returned to a pharmacy.

Free of charge reception for hazardous waste to private individuals at The Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre. Return items in their original packaging whenever possible. If you no longer have the packaging, please label your waste clearly.

YES

waste oil and oily waste
batteries and battery fluids
paint, glue, varnish and solvents
chemicals
pesticides and crop protection products
repellents
brake and clutch fluids, anti-freezes
batteries and rechargeable batteries
full or partially full aerosols
medicines and mercury-in-glass thermometers

NO
incandescent and halogen bulbs, fuses
toner and ink cartridges
video and cassette tapes, computer discs

Garden waste

You can bring garden waste to Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre all year around. Garden waste cost 5,06€/trailer load. There’s garden waste area where there are piles for branches, for raking waste, for stumps and container for apples.

Garden waste handling:

branch waste will be chipped
raking waste will be composted
stumps will be crushed and chipped
apples will be transported to the biogas production facility or to game feeding

Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre arranges garden waste weeks in spring and autumn, during which time garden waste are free of charge.
-> More information from garden waste weeks section.

Branch waste

YES

branches (max. 20cm diameter)
sticks
berry bush roots
also hawthorn branches

stumps
logs

Raking waste

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leaves and needles
weeds without invasive alien species (more information from invasive alien species section)
cones
reeds
moss
soil materials with grass/lawn

branches
sticks
roots
stumps

Apple waste

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apples and other fruits from garden separately

apples and other fruits from garden with plastic bag

Invasive Alien Species

Reception of Invasive Alien Species to Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre is free of charge. Info about your waste load at the reception office and you will be guided to the right place.

Small amounts of Invasive Alien Species with roots can be disposed with domestic waste in packed form. Notice that the container’s weight doesn’t go over the limit of 60kg.

More information: vieraslajit.fi

Common Invasive Alien Species

Japanese Rose (Kurtturuusu)
Garden lupin (Lupiini)
Himalayan balsam (Jättipalsami)
Scientific name: Heracleum persicum (Jättiputki)
Scientific name: Avena fatua (Hukkakaura)
Japanese knotweed (Japanintatar)

Koirankakkaroskis-sticker

If you wish, you can put the dog poo litter sticker on the side of the small house’s outdoor container, so that passing dog walkers get permission to drop dog poop bags into the container.

In Rauma, stickers are available from the town hall’s service point Pyyrman and Hevossuo Waste Treatment Centre.

www.koirankakkaroskis.fi

Recycling points

In the city of Rauma, there are several recycling points for both complementary packaging waste and for other recyclable waste collections. The costs of the points are covered by the waste fee.