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Every home's waste management at Christmas time

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17.12.2020 12:59
A lot of waste is generated during Christmas and New Year. The best waste management is unborn waste, and purchasing decisions have a great impact on the amount of waste.

Prefer non-material gifts, give tickets to movies, concerts or museums (probably valid until the corona restrictions are eased). Bake wonderful treats, make sweets or other gifts yourself.

Avoid food waste, recycle goods and packaging and sort waste in the right places.

Candles, wrapping paper, cards

Candlestick, lwooden and plastic candle jars and twinkle cups belong to dry waste, as do plastic and glass grave candles. Gift wrap, ribbons and cards also belong in dry waste, not in the paper collection container.

Ham fat

If you do not use the ham fat, drain the fat into a milk can, close the cap or tape the can and put it in the dry waste. The coagulated fat can be put as it is in organic waste or in a composter. Do not pour fat into the toilet bowl or drain, it clogs the pipes!

You can also do the Ham Trick and donate the frying fat of ham, turkey, fish or root chips as raw material for biodiesel. In Imatra, it is accepted at least by K-City-Market, K-Markets in Meltola and Karhumäki, and K-Super-Market Vuoksenniska and Imatrankoski (usually somewhere in the courtyard). More information https://www.kinkkutemppu.com/

The tins

New Year's tins should be saved and melted down again at the turn of the year. Unnecessary New Year's tins should be delivered to a hazardous waste reception location, such as the Kukkuroinmäki processing center or Hyödyksi stations. An ecological alternative is to melt ordinary table sugar instead of tin or use beeswax.

Fireworks

Unexploded fireworks are returned to sellers or the police. The debris from the fired rockets is put in dry waste after cooling.

Christmas trees

In the housing association, the Christmas tree can be placed in the immediate vicinity of the waste shed, in plain sight, waiting for removal. You can also order a spruce pick-up for single-family houses, but they will not be taken automatically.

More information about Christmas waste management https://www.ekjh.fi