New waste management regulations will enter into force during 2023. Residents of detached houses or housing companies with 1–4 homes will then have three alternatives for biowaste sorting.
1. Separate Biowaste Container in Your Own Yard
You can sort biowaste in a separate container in your own yard as of 1 October 2023. Stormossen will automatically bring a container (140 liters) to your yard. The container will be emptied and the waste transported by Stormossen. Check this link to find out your area’s waste transporters (in Finnish). The charge of emptying the biowaste container (140 liters) is 8,56€/emptying. It will be emptied every other week during in the summer (April–October) and can be every fourth week in the winter (November–March), or more frequently if needed.
2. Shared container with a neighbour
You can also sort your biowaste in a shared container with a neighbour. In that case, you need to apply for shared biowaste container to Vaasa Region’s Waste Committee (Vaasan seudun jätelautakunta)(external link in Finnish) by 31.5.2023. If you already have a shared container for combustible waste that is approved by the Waste Committee we assume that you want to have a shared container also for biowaste. In that case you do not have to make an application. If any of you instead wish to have your own container, please contact Stormossen at info@stormossen.fi or 010 320 7600 by 31.5.2023.
3. Your Own, Year-Round, Closed, and Insulated Compost
If you have a closed and insulated compost that is used year-round, you can sort your biowaste into it. You can also share the compost with a neighbour. Bokashi is also allowed. In that case, post-composting in a closed compost is compulsory. You must fill out a composting notification form at Vaasa Region’s Waste Committee’s (Vaasan seudun jätelautakunta) website (external link in Finnish) by 31.5.2023.
Multi-compartment container collection in its current form will end on 30 June 2023. Further information will be available later during the spring 2023. Owners of multi-compartment containers have to arrange transportation of combustible waste from 1th of July 2023 since the possible new form of multi-compartment collection will include biowaste, metal, plastic packaging and cardboard packaging.
All households must continue to have a combustible waste container. Residents will choose their waste transporter and order their waste transports themselves also in the future. Stormossen will charge the treatment fee for combustible waste from 1.1.2023. The treatment fee for a 240 litre combustible waste container is 3,99€/emptying. The price list can be found on page 18 in the municipal waste charges (external link in Finnish).
4. Stormossen’s Multi-Comparment Container
Stormossen will continue the Multi-Compartment Container service. As of 1.7.2023 you can sort biowaste (45 litres), metal packages (30 litres), plastic packages (177 litres) and carton packages (118 litres) in the Multi-Compartment Container. The price for the emptying of the Container is 14,86€/emptying (incl. VAT 24€). The price includes transportation cost, the container service cost and the treatment cost for biowaste (the package waste don’t have treatment fees). One household can not share a Multi-Compartment Container with another household.
The composition of the Multi-Compartment Container is changing
The Multi-Compartment Container service in it´s current form will end on the 30.6.2023. Stormossen offers the service from 1.7.2023 when you can sort biowaste (45 litres), metal packaging (30 litres), plastic packaging (177 litres) and carton packaging (118 litres) in the Multi-Compartment Container. You will still have the same container as before, but the inside composition changes. Stormossen will deliver new stickers for the containers during the summer.
As a Multi-compartment Container customer you don’t need to cancel your agreement, unless you want to stop using a Multi-Compartment Container by 30.6.2023. The emptying and transportation of the containers continues with Remeo, as a result of competitive tendering by Stormossen. Any questions and feedback starting from 1.7.2023 should be addressed to Stormossen asiakaspalvelu@stormossen.fi or 010 320 7600.
Combustible waste will need to be sorted in a separate container starting from 1.7. 2023. You choose the transportation service yourself. You should address all questions related to combustible waste collection, transportation and the emptying intervals to your own service provider.
If you want to star using a Multi-Compartment Container as a new customer when biowaste sorting becomes mandatory 1.10.2023, you should notify Stormossen by 31.7.2023 asiakaspalvelu@stormossen.fi or 010 320 7600. Stormossen will deliver a container to your yard by 1.10.2023.
Combustible waste container remains mandatory
All households must continue to have a combustible waste container. Residents will choose their waste transporter and order their waste transports themselves also in the future. Stormossen will charge the treatment fee for combustible waste from 1.1.2023. The treatment fee for a 240 litre combustible waste container is 3,99€/emptying. The price list can be found on page 18 in the municipal waste charges (external link in Finnish).