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Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste may pose a risk to health or the environment.

Products containing hazardous waste may be found at home in the bathroom cabinet, cleaning cabinet, or garage.

  • energy-saving bulbs and fluorescent lamps
  • paint, glue and varnish residues that have not dried
  • solvents e.g. turpentine, thinner, acetone and industrial petrol
  • basic detergents
  • waste oil and oil filters
  • car batteries and battery liquids
  • pesticides and plant protection products
  • sulfuric and hydrochloric acid, organic acids such as acetic and formic acid
  • extinguishers and gas bottles
  • nail polish in liquid form
  • aerosol cans with content, e.g. hairspray
  • perfume and aftershave
  • hair dye
  • New Year’s tin castings
  • fever thermometers containing mercury

Batteries and small accumulators are also hazardous waste and have their own collection points at all Ecopoints. Remember to tape the poles! Put a small piece of tape on each pole when removing the batteries. This prevents possible short circuits in collection containers or during transport. Please note that broken batteries or accumulators must always be taken to a separate container at a waste reception station.

Households may leave hazardous waste free of charge at a waste reception station. The product should, if possible, be stored in its original packaging.

Every spring, a collection campaign is arranged to collect hazardous waste from around the region using Ecocar (Ekobiili).

NOTE! Medicine must be taken to a pharmacy.

Hazardous waste usually has a warning symbol

 

All waste types