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Construction waste

You do a favour for yourself, your wallet, and the environment by properly sorting construction waste.

Sort construction waste where it is generated. Quantities smaller than 2 m3 can be taken to a waste reception station, whereas larger quantities must be taken to Stormossen’s waste centre in Kvevlax. It is cheaper to take sorted construction waste than mixed waste to a waste reception station. The waste can also be more efficiently recycled if it is sorted.

Sort building waste into different categories:

  • Combustible construction waste: gloves, dried brushes and rollers, styrox, plastic (not PVC), paper, mixed cleaning and sweeping waste that contains pieces of wood, wire stumps, bits of polyurethane etc.
  • Wood waste:
    • clean wood waste; untreated planks and boards, pallets
    • wood from demolition; painted planks and boards, chipboards
    • impregnated wood is hazardous waste and sorted separately
  • Metal waste: rebars, pipes, taps, tools, nails, empty paint cans, and other metal goods and scraps
  • Brick and concrete waste: also washbasins, toilets, floor tiles, and wall tiles
  • Plasterboards, without plastic or vinyl coatings
  • Soil and stones: max. diameter of stones 40 cm, no tree stumps
  • Paperboard: corrugated cardboard and cardboard boxes. No need to remove staples and tapings.
  • Hazardous waste: accumulators, batteries, fluorescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, paint and glue residue, varnishes, mould oil, silicon and urethane packagings, impregnated wood, concrete and grout powder
  • Electrical and electronic scrap: broken electric power tools, household appliances
  • Pressure-impregnated wood is hazardous waste and sorted separately
  • Asbestos: waste that contains asbestos dust and fiber is hazardous waste and should always be tightly packed and labelled “asbestos”. Take a look at the asbestos advice by clicking on this link.
  • Other waste separately sorted: mineral, wool, rock wool, float glass, fibreglass, PVC plastic, roofing felt (asbestos analysis report!)

The South Ostrobothnia Centre for Economic Development, Transport, and the Environment (ELY Centre) has prepared instructions concerning the demolition or renovation of properties as well as the handling and sorting of demolition waste. Sorting instructions have been adjusted to Stormossen’s operating area. Read the instructions by clicking this link (only in Finnish).

All waste types