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20.2.2024 09:17
A notification must be made about food waste composting. If the household falls under the separate collection of biowaste, no notification is required.

All composters of permanent and leisure properties where food waste is composted must submit the composting declaration required by the Waste Act. Information about composting must be in accordance with the waste regulation.

The notification can be made either electronically to Etelä-Karjalan Jätehuolto Oy through electronic transactions or the South Karelia Waste Management Authority from the website with the available paper form. Forms are also available at the municipalities' customer service points

—If the household only composts garden waste, there is no need to report. There is no need to make a notification even if the household is included in the scope of separate collection of biowaste, 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 properties that use compost are marked on the form.

The notification is free of charge.

The law obliges to make a notification

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.

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.

For more information:

Waste management manager Satu Kokkola, tel. 020 617 4664, fairy tale. bonfireatimatra.fi (satu[dot]kokkola[at]imatra[dot]fi)
Waste management engineer Reetta Pullinen, tel. 020 617 1152, reetta. chubbyatimatra.fi (reetta[dot]pullinen[at]imatra[dot]fi)  

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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.

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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.
  • 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.