The basic fee (eco-charge) is used to maintain e.g. waste reception stations, ecopoints, campaign collections, customer service, and waste advisory services. All the aforementioned services can be utilized without restrictions by private customers within Stormossen’s operating area. Nearly half of the waste reception stations now offer self-service and extended opening hours, including Saturday openings year-round. The number of self-service stations will increase in 2025.
All basic fees were increased on January 1, 2025, due to the aforementioned investments and the general rise in costs.
According to Section 78 Paragraph 2 of the Waste Act, the waste fee must correspond to the service level provided by the municipality and encourage a reduction in the quantity and harmfulness of waste, as well as waste management that follows the waste hierarchy. Waste management must be entirely funded through service fees and cannot be financed with tax revenues.
Vehicle gas is refined biogas (CBG = compressed biogas), natural gas (CNG = compressed natural gas) or a mixture of the two gases. At Stormossen’s refuelling stations we sell only CBG. The gas used for vehicle gas refuelling is first compressed to about 300 bar and then filled into the car’s tank at about 200 bar.
From spring 2025, Stormossen will improve the availability of collection points for waste management at holiday homes. A network of approximately 100 area collection points for mixed waste (combustible waste) and biowaste from holiday homes will be established. The holiday home basic fee (eco-charge) will fund the construction and maintenance of these collection points as well as waste reception stations, ecopoints, campaign collections, customer service, and waste advisory services. All the aforementioned services can be utilized without restrictions by private customers within Stormossen’s operating area.
According to Vaasa Region Waste Board’s regulations, Stormossen must maintain area collection points for holiday homes from May 1 to September 30, starting on May 1, 2025.
The treatment fee for mixed waste (combustible waste) is designed to encourage residents to improve their waste sorting practices. By sorting waste by material, it can be recycled as raw material for new products. The goal is to increase the proportion of household waste that is recycled.
If households sort biowaste and packaging waste, they can reduce the amount of mixed waste, which in turn can lower waste management costs as mixed waste bins won’t need to be emptied as frequently.
According to Section 78 Paragraph 2 of the Waste Act, the waste fee should encourage the reduction of waste quantity and harmfulness and promote waste management that follows the waste hierarchy.
The basic fee (former eco-charge) is a fee for all households and holiday homes in the Stormossen area. The basic fee is used to maintain eco-points, waste reception stations, campaign collections and waste advice, among other things.
Since 1.1.2023, the basic fee for properties with 1 to 4 apartments is calculated per apartment and not on the basis of the number of residents, as was previously the case. The same applies to properties with five or more residential units.
The basic fee is based on the waste legislation, under which both permanent and holiday residents are obliged to contribute to the investment and maintenance costs of the service facilities set up by the municipality for the management of waste from their property.
The Vaasa Region Waste Committee (Vaasan seudun jätelautakunta) has established a fee, which is a so-called public charge. Therefore, no contract between the municipality and the property owner is required. According to the Waste Tariff, Stormossen will take care of the invoicing. The Waste charge is available on the Waste Committee’s website (in Finnish).
- ecopoints and waste reception stations are available to households. Hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated in the apartment/vacation home will be taken free of charge to one of these collection points. A customer card entitles the holder to unlimited access to the recycling station. You can bring one trailer (2m3) of waste at a time.
- the cost of collection, transport and treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous waste; collection paper, cardboard, metal, glass, cardboard and plastic packaging, wood waste, gypsum, concrete, bricks, styrofoam, twigs and branches, waste electrical and electronic equipment and end-of-life textiles for which no treatment fee is charged. Hazardous waste includes environmentally hazardous substances such as batteries and accumulators, fluorescent lights and energy-saving light bulbs, waste oils and other oily wastes, paints, glues and varnishes, impregnating agents, solvents, pesticides and pressure treated wood.
- collection campaigns (Ecobil, Pidä Saaristo Siistinä)
- Information and advice services
By law, tax money cannot be used to cover the costs of waste management.
You need to have your customer card with you when visiting a waste reception station. If you don’t have a customer card, you can fill in a form on our website to order one. You can choose to have the customer card number sent directly to your email, allowing you to register the customer card directly in Stormossen’s mobile app. You can also receive a physical card sent to you by mail within a week. At a waste reception station where we have staff on-site, you can get a physical card during your first visit.
You need your customer card number to download your customer card as an app on your smartphone. If you don’t have a customer card number, you must first order a customer card. If you already have a customer card but can’t find your card number, you can ask for the information at info@stormossen.fi or by calling Stormossen’s office 010 320 7600 Mon–Fri 9 am–3 pm.
Yes. All households must be connected to the municipal waste service. This is to minimize instances where waste is dumped in the nature. If you only produce a small amount of waste, then we recommend using a small waste container and optimized emptying intervals. A container shared with a neighbour is also an option.
Stormossen is responsible for emptying the following waste containers:
- biowaste
- multi-compartment containers
- package waste (metal, glass, carton and plastic packages) and batteries
If the waste bins mentioned have not been emptied, please contact logistiikka@stormossen.fi or 010 320 7676.
If the emptying concerns mixed waste (combustible waste) or paper, contact your own waste transportation company.
Vaasa Region’s Waste Committee has approved the local waste management regulations that came into effect on June 1, 2022. They are based on the Finnish Waste Act, which mandates, among other things, that biowaste must be collected separately in single-family homes and that plastic and cardboard packaging must be sorted in housing companies. This is rooted in an EU directive aiming for an increased recycling rate of 65% by the year 2035.
Stormossen is responsible for the reception and treatment of municipal waste. The costs for property-specific waste management for households consist of a transportation fee and a treatment fee. The treatment fee consists of direct and indirect costs incurred when the waste is handled and further processed. Stormossen processes the waste either independently or through purchased services.
The treatment fee is determined based on Stormossen’s costs for waste management or for procured treatment and recycling services. The treatment fee also includes costs for any interim storage, transshipment, and further transportation of the waste, as well as costs related to invoicing and customer register management, such as costs for office space and IT systems, handling and generation of billing information, collection actions, and general operating expenses.