Sort your waste correctly
BIO-WASTE Biojäte
- fruit peel
- vegetable and root vegetable skins
- egg shells
- food leftovers
- dried and spoiled foodstuffs
- coffee grounds or tea leaves
- filter papers
- used paper towels
NO
- cigarette butts
- vacuum cleaner dust bags
- plastic bags
- nappies
- milk and juice cartons.
MIXED WASTE Sekajäte
- unsorted waste
- disposable nappies and sanitary towels
- porcelain
- leather and rubber
- vacuum cleaner dust bags
- incandescent and halogen light bulbs and fuses
- PVC plastic products
- ashes and cigarette butts
- aluminium-coated plastics, such as coffee packets and crisp bags.
NO
- hazardous waste
- electronics
PLASTIC Muovi
- empty plastic food packaging
- empty detergent and shampoo bottles
- plastic bags
- empty plastic containers
NO
- PVC packaging marked 03
- packaging with hazardous waste residue, such as paint or chemicals
- plastic objects such as toys, toothbrushes, watering cans, etc.
GLASS Lasi
- glass containers (bottles and jars)
NO
- glass objects
- glassware
- mirrors
- porcelain
- bottle caps
- jar lids
PAPER Paperi
- newspapers and magazines
- advertisements
- recycled papers
- envelopes (including windowed ones)
- paper
- paperback books.
NO
- wet and dirty paper
- tissue paper
- aluminium paper
- corrugated cardboard
- brown paper bags
- cartons and similar packages
- plastic and styrofoam.
CARDBOARD Kartonki
- corrugated cardboard containers and boxes
- wrapping paper
- milk and juice cartons etc. (including aluminium-lined ones)
- dry product cartons
- paper bags for sugar, flour etc.
- pizza boxes
- egg cartons
- other disposable paperboard containers.
NO
- dirty and unwashed containers
- plastic and styrofoam.
METAL Metalli
- metal items and packages whose main material is metal
NO
- electrical devices
- batteries
- large metal objects that do not fit in the collection container
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