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Bio waste container.

The mandatory composting declaration can now be submitted online or on paper

20.2.2023 11:40
A notification must be made about food waste composting. If the household falls under the separate collection of biowaste, no notification is required.

Mandatory composting declaration can now be made.

The notification can be made either electronically through Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto Oy's electronic transaction or with a paper form found on the website of the Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto Oy. Forms are also available at the municipalities' customer service points.

Notification must be made of all composters in residential and leisure properties where food waste is composted.

—If the household only composts garden waste, there is no need to report. There is also no need to make a notification if the household is included in the separate collection of bio-waste, waste management manager Satu Kokkola says.

For using a joint composter formed by several households, one declaration is sufficient, which can be made by the person responsible for composting. All persons using compost are marked on the form.

The notification is free of charge.

Announcement to be made during this year

The composting notification must be submitted by the end of 2023. In the future, the information must be updated every five years.

If the household starts composting, the notification must be made within two months of starting composting. You must also inform the authority about stopping composting.

The notification obligation is based on the revised Waste Act. Composting notifications provide information on the amount of biowaste composted by households. The information is used e.g. when evaluating the implementation of recycling in Finland. Information about composting must be in accordance with the waste regulation.

The reporting obligation came into effect at the beginning of 2023. In South Karelia, it was not possible to make the announcement during the beginning of the year due to technical problems.

For more information:

Waste management manager Satu Kokkola, tel. XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX, satu.kokkola@imatra.fi Waste management engineer Reetta Pullinen, tel. XNUMX XNUMX XNUMX, reetta.pullinen@imatra.fi  

 

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Comments 6 pcs

Hannele Vidman
Monday
24/04/2023
10:51

I wonder too that…

I'm also wondering what happened to the composting notices I made earlier? They have been done several times and the city's environmental authorities have also visited the site. Why is the information not passed on from one authority to another, but the same information that has already been given is asked. Are tax payers doing useless work time after time? I have been composting biowaste in a thermal composter for over 30 years.

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Riitta Manninen
Tuesday
14/03/2023
18:49

Kuhatie 47 54915...

Kuhatie 47 54915 Saimaanharju. Composting has been done with Biola's own compost for probably the last 20 years. The notice of initiation was made at the beginning and last summer the inspector came to see and said that the matter has been handled accordingly.

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Satu.Kokkola@i…
Wednesday
22/02/2023
15:22

The Waste Act obliges...

The Waste Act obliges to notify about the composting of bio-waste, and the notification provides information on, e.g. of the amount of biowaste to be composted. Old composting notifications made years ago are no longer valid, but the notification must be made again. The information to be reported is defined in the waste regulation. The notification can be made either electronically through Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto Oy's electronic transaction or with a paper form found on the website of the Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto Oy.

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Leif Lindberg
Tuesday
21/02/2023
21:02

Why the notification? I got…

Why the announcement? I got a thermal composter 15-20 years ago, I made a report then.
Where has it gone?

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Esa Hirvonen
Tuesday
21/02/2023
17:49

I compost waste

I compost waste

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Esa Hirvonen
Tuesday
21/02/2023
17:48

Compost notice

Compost notice

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The goal is to get information about the amount of compostable waste

According to the Waste Act (Section 41 a), the holder of the waste must notify the waste management authority about small-scale processing of bio-waste on the property, i.e. composting in practice. The reporting obligation applies to all residential and leisure properties where bio-waste is composted.

Composting notifications are recorded in the composting register maintained by the waste management authority in accordance with § 143 of the Waste Act. With the help of the register, the monitoring of waste management is improved, and with the help of notifications, it is also possible to ensure the proper handling of bio-waste, so that, for example, rat problems do not increase.

Answers to frequently asked questions

  • There is no need to report composting of garden waste or dry toilets.
  • Instead of composting, the property can still be part of the separate collection of bio-waste.
  • If the notification was filled out in connection with last autumn's biowaste project, it does not need to be filled out again.
  • For those planning to start composting, it is enough if the notification is made within 2 months of starting.
  • One notification is enough for so-called "team composter" users.
  • If composting continues, the information must be updated every five years, and the waste management authority must be notified of the cessation of composting.