Do the right thing and protect the water environment!


“In the sewer the truth is stranger than fiction. We clean your wastewater and protect the environment, as long as you put to the drain only what belongs there.”


– Your Water Services Personnel

Be aware – Trash can block the sewer!Hazardous waste only to the hazardous waste disposal!Avoid harmful substancesUseful links


Be aware – Trash can block the sewer!


Tip: place a trashcan in the toilet.


Thrash or different objects thrown into the sewers can cause blockages, which cause the sewage water to flood – into apartments or the environment. Therefore, do not put anything into the sewers, which does not belong there. Please dispose of trash properly.


Sort into the mixed waste container or combustible waste (Please follow the instructions of your municipal waste disposal facility):


• Liquid fat in sealed containers

• Diapers, tampons and sanitary napkins

• Cotton swabs and cotton

• Pet litter and sand

• Hair

• Cigarette butts

• Condoms

• Fibre cloths and thick tissue paper

• Sand


Place into the bio waste container:


• Solid and solidified fat

• Small amounts of liquid fat or food oil absorbed into paper

• Food leftovers

• Vegetable and fruit peels, egg shells

• Coffee and tea grounds

• Soil

• Flushable – products  

Hazardous waste only to the hazardous waste disposal!

Several chemicals used at home are dangerous for example to the water environment. To dispose of hazardous waste the right way and halt their journey to the environment, a correct collection point must be utilised.


Sort into the hazardous waste collection point:


• Paints, glues and varnish

• Solvents such as acetone and turpentine

• Oil and grease

• Acids such as battery acid and formic acid

• Alkaline detergents

• Pesticides


Please dispose of non-used and out-dated medicinal products at the pharmacy!  

Avoid harmful substances

Home is full of products that contain various substances and chemicals. Some of these sneaky substances are dangerous for the environment. Hazardous substances from clothes and textiles can enter sewers and even natural water systems through washing. Hazardous substances from objects will be released through time into the air and additionally to waters and the environment as dust.


Choose the products you use carefully!


Environmentally friendly working methods in the kitchen

Don’t pour fat into the sewers

Liquid fat should be sealed in a container and disposed of with mixed waste

Solidify hard fats and dispose of them with bio waste

Utilise environmentally friendly detergents

Avoid using anti-bacterial detergents

Choose a frying pan which does not contain a non-stick PTFE coating

How to protect the environment while cleaning

Utilise environmentally friendly detergents

Use a good cloth to get rid of dust even without detergents

Avoid antibacterial and disinfecting solutes

Use proper portions of washing agents

Vacuum regularly, because some harmful substances cling onto dust

Remember this when you are shopping

The concentrations of harmful substances are small in many products (for example clothes, other textiles, furniture, home electronics, shoes and purses) and they have not been marked in the same way as chemicals.


Environmental labels help you make rational decisions when you shop:

The Nordic Swan label


EU-Ecolable


Ökö-Tex standard 100

The Global Organic Textile Standard

Avoid chemicals that are dangerous to the environment. You recognize them from this symbol:

     

You can ask the retailer for information regarding the contents of a product: https://echa.europa.eu/chemicals-in-our-life/how-can-i-use-chemicals-safely/use-your-right-to-ask

Sustainable practise while renovating

  • Dry brushes well with cloths before washing
  • While renovating and building, utilise environmentally friendly materials
  • Place into the hazardous waste containers:
    • Non-used paints, varnishes or oils
    • Detergents such as acetone, turpentine or paint thinner
    • Non used oil and grease

Be smart when using medicines

  • Return unused and out-dated medicinal products to the pharmacy
  • Only buy the amount of medicine you need
  • Use the products as instructed


Useful links

Each municipality recycles and sorts its garbage slightly differently depending on the end use. Find your local waste management company on a map to help you out with what goes where.  Finnish Solid Waste Association, members:   Jäsenistö


Broschyrer

IThe brochure provides guidance in several languages, including English, Russian, Somali and Arabic, on what must not be flushed down the toilet. The brochure can be displayed in the entrance hall or stairwell of an apartment building.

Finska – svenska – engelska: isannoitsija_suomi_ruotsi_englanti (pdf) (1.7 MB): 

Finska – ryska – engelska: isannoitsija_suomi_englanti_venaja (pdf) (1.6 MB): 

Ryska – somali – arabiska: isannoitsija_venaja_somali_arabia (pdf) (1.7 MB): 


I Pytty-broschyren finns information om ämnen som kan orsaka stopp i avloppsledningarna.

Finska: Pyttyesite Tukkiva jate Suomi (pdf) (2.7 MB): 

Svenska: Pyttyesite Tukkiva jate Ruotsi (pdf) (2.7 MB):