JäteVaakku´s Waste Guide 2 017 This guide is about how to sort and recycle household waste in the Pori region. Please feel free to ask for more information [email protected] tel. 044 701 2521 or 044 701 2526 www.pori.fi/lajitteluapu Eurajoki Harjavalta Kokemäki Merikarvia Nakkila Pomarkku Pori Siikainen Ulvila Energy waste Plastic packaging waste Energiajäte Muovipakkaukset all plastic packages used to preserve food items Sorting plastic packaging is voluntary. There are containers all bags, cans, pots and bottles that are made of plastic for plastic packaging at some recycling points. (except PVC) worn cloths and rags plastic food packaging such as yoghurt pots and curtains, sheets, blankets and pillows packaging for cold cuts, cheese and ready meals disposable containers and napkins plastic bottles, cans and jars – take the caps and lids off dirty papers and cardboard and flatten if you can small wooden items plastic carrier bags, bags and wrappings styrofoam CDs and DVDs You can put all small-sized plastic packages with the re- cycling label 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and/or the letters PET, PE-HD, Rinse out packages with cold water, if necessary. No food PE-LD, PE, PP, PS, PA into a plastic packaging container at scraps should be left in the packages. recycling points. If the plastic has a recycling label 3 or the letters PVC, or it is dirty, put it into the mixed waste container. You can put all the plastics with the recycling label 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and/or the letters PET, PE- HD, PE-LD, PE, PP, PS, PA into the energy waste container. If the plastic item has a recycling label 3 or the letters PVC, put it into the mixed waste container. Energy waste containers are only available in row houses and apartment buildings, sometimes at workplaces as well. If you live in a single-family house, put your energy waste into the mixed waste container. Energy waste Plastic packaging waste Glass packaging Metal Lasipakkaukset Metalli glass bottles and jars: coloured and clear food cans – rinse out with cold water if there are any food scraps You can bring glass packaging to the glass packaging contai- aluminium foil and tins ners at the recycling points or at your apartment building. metal lids and caps empty and dry paint cans Rinse out dirty glass bottles and jars with a splash of cold empty aerosol cans (which do not slosh or hiss) water. Take off metal and plastic caps and lids. You don’t need pans, cutlery and oven shelves to take off labels, bottle collars or other fixed parts. If marked with a deposit sign, return glass bottles to a supermarket You can bring metal to the metal containers at the recycling return machine. points or at your apartment building. Please note! You can only put small-sized metal items that fit into the container. Put all other glass materials into the mixed waste drinking glasses, Return any beer and other beverage cans to a supermarket glass plates return machine, if there is a deposit sign on them. glass decorations and vases oven dishes, coffee pans and other heat-resistant glass shower walls, glass shelves and other tempered glass mirror glass Glass packaging Metal Paper Carton packaging Paperi Kartonki, pahvi newspapers and magazines carton packages for liquids, such as milk, cream and advertisements, brochures, postcards juice cartons, also those with shiny aluminium lining letters and envelopes inside and those with a plastic cork product catalogues, paperback books carton packages, such as cereal, cookie and porridge copy paper and printed paper flakes packets notepads paper packets and bags, such as bread, sugar and flour bags clean boxes for pizzas and hamburgers and egg boxes You can bring papers to the paper containers at the recycling cardboard boxes points or at your apartment building. cores of toilet paper and kitchen towel rolls You don’t need to remove staples or paperclips. If you don’t want to have free advertising papers (so-called junk mail), put You can bring cartons to the carton packaging containers at the a note on your mail box: “EI MAINOKSIA KIITOS”, which means recycling points or at your apartment building. in English “No advertising material please”. Rinse out the packages if there are food scraps or liquids. Let them drip dry. Flatten the packages. You can put them inside each other to save space in the waste container. You don’t need to remove plastic corks, staples or packing tapes. In the Pori region we often recycle the paper, carton packaging and cardboard all together. If there are the words paperi, kartonki and pahvi on the label of a waste container, you can put all paper, carton packaging and cardboard there. It’s also possible that paper goes in one waste container and carton packaging and cardboard in another, for example at some recycling points. Paper Carton packaging Bio waste Electrical and electronic scrap Biojäte Sähkö- ja elektroniikkaromu food scraps and leftover food vacuum cleaners and washing machines spoiled food hair dryers and razors fruit and vegetable skins and peels phones, computers, monitors and printers vegetable trimmings televisions, DVD players and remote controllers scraps of fish and meat drills and trimmers small bones refrigerators, electric stoves, toasters and blenders eggshells battery-operated toys for example toy car racing track coffee grounds and filter papers, tea leaves and tea bags and talking dolls a few paper towels and napkins lamps, energy-saving bulbs and fluorescent tubes and LED lights Bio waste containers are available in row houses, apartment buildings and sometimes at workplaces. Reception of electrical and electronic scrap is free of charge, as long as the device is meant for household use. Reception Pack your bio waste into a flour bag, newspaper or bio waste points take devices with a cable, battery operated and those bag (sold at supermarkets). Don’t pack the bio waste into the that have been connected to the telephone network (landli- plastic bag. It is easier to carry your bio waste from the kitchen ne telephones, modems etc.). to the waste collection point if the bio waste is packed well. You can take an old electric/electronic device to the shop You can put some garden waste into bio waste as well: grass when you buy a new one. Ask the seller if they will take the cuttings, houseplants, leaves, weeds and cut flowers. Do not old one for recycling. The Pori Recycling Centre at Savipajaka- put any branches, tree prunings, cones or bark here. tu 8 takes all electrical and electronic scrap from households. If you live in a single-family house, you can compost all your Ask the waste advisor about more reception points. food scraps and garden waste. Please note! Food leftovers in a composter may attract birds, rats and foxes, so you should use a closed composter to keep animals out. If there is no bio waste container or composter available, put the bio waste in the mixed waste container. Bio waste Electrical and electronic scrap Mixed waste Hazardous waste Sekajäte Vaarallinen jäte coffee bags, candy papers, potato chip bags and similar waste oil, oil filters and other oily waste packages, that have a shiny aluminium look inside (put solvents such as turpentine, thinner, acetone and petrol milk and juice cartons to the carton packaging container) strong cleaning and washing detergents broken glass, cups, plates and other dishes and items wet paint, glue and varnish made of porcelain or glass wood preservatives and other impregnating liquids disposable diapers and sanitary towels pesticides and disinfectants cigarette butts and cool ash strong acids, such as sulphuric acid vacuum cleaner bags and cleaning waste all chemicals marked with hazard symbols hair all kinds of shoes take batteries back to stores that sell them leather, faux leather and rubber take old medicines back to pharmacies clothing for wet weather conditions incandescent light bulbs and halogen light bulbs and Hazardous waste poses a risk to the environment and human fuses health. Hazardous waste refers to a chemical or a substance C cassettes and videos that is otherwise harmful. It is collected separately from other plastics that have a recycling label 3 or the letters PVC waste and each other. Always keep domestic hazardous was- te in its original packaging and follow the instructions! You can put all items that cannot be reused or recycled in any way into mixed waste. Avoid storing domestic hazardous waste at your home and take it to a municipal collection point. It is free of charge. If you live in a single-family house, you can put all plastics, Ask a waste adviser for the closest reception point, or bring clothing, food leftovers and small amounts of garden waste the domestic hazardous waste to Pori Recycling Centre at into mixed waste. Savipajakatu 8. Large items The waste disposal truck will only take the waste placed inside the container. You must not leave large items at the recycling points or at the containers in row houses or apartment buil- dings. If the waste does not fit inside the container, bring it yourself to the Pori Recycling Centre at Savipajakatu 8. You can also phone your waste transportation company and ask them to pick up extra waste placed close to the waste bin. Mixed waste Hazardous waste Please note : It is prohibited to litter, leave waste on roadsides and burn waste either indoors or outdoors. If you live in a row house or apart- ment building the rent or mainte- nance fee includes the cost of waste management. You can use the waste containers in your yard.