Waste management control

All appendices are in Finnish.

The Public Authorities Board and the environmental protection officers monitor compliance with the Waste Act and the regulations issued under it. Waste management supervision includes, among other things, monitoring the proper disposal of waste and the connection to the waste transport system organised by the municipality. For example, the proper treatment of waste is monitored in businesses that generate hazardous waste. The Waste Act and municipal waste management regulations oblige permanent residential and leisure properties to join the municipal waste collection system. The waste management regulations regulate the types of waste for which separate collection must be provided at the residential property.

The municipal environmental protection authority also controls littering. This control is carried out in the context of other controls, through control campaigns and on the basis of contacts from local residents.