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Upper Savo Waste Handling Centre 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 7.30-17.30 closed closed 29.3.2024 closed 1.4.2024 closed 1.5.2024 closed 4.5.2024 10.00-15.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 10.00-13.00 21.6.2024 closed 6.7.2024 10.00-13.00 3.8.2024 10.00-13.00 7.9.2024 10.00-13.00 19.10.2024 10.00-15.00 6.12.2024 closed 24.12.2024 closed 25.12.2024 closed 26.12.2024 closed

Keitele waste sorting centre closed closed 16.00-18.00 closed closed closed closed 1.5.2024 closed 25.5.2025 10.00-13.00 25.12.2024 closed

Kiuruvesi waste sorting centre 7.30-12.30 closed closed 12.00-17.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 9.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 12.00-14.00 15.6.2024 12.00-14.00 20.7.2024 12.00-14.00 24.8.2024 12.00-14.00 26.12.2024 closed

Lapinlahti waste sorting centre 9.00-12.00 closed closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 4.5.2024 9.00-11.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 9.00-11.00 13.7.2024 9.00-11.00 10.8.2024 9.00-11.00 26.12.2024 closed

Pielavesi waste sorting centre closed closed 15.00-18.00 closed 9.00-12.00 closed closed 29.3.2024 closed 1.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 9.00-11.00 15.6.2024 9.00-11.00 21.6.2024 closed 20.7.2024 9.00-11.00 24.8.2024 9.00-11.00 6.12.2024 closed 25.12.2024 closed

Sonkajärvi waste sorting centre closed 9.00-12.00 closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed 4.5.2024 15.00-17.00 9.5.2024 closed 8.6.2024 15.00-17.00 13.7.2024 15.00-17.00 10.8.2024 15.00-17.00 24.12.2024 closed 26.12.2024 closed 31.12.2024 closed

Varpaisjärvi waste sorting centre closed 15.00-18.00 closed closed closed closed closed 4.5.2024 12.00-14.00 8.6.2024 12.00-14.00 13.7.2024 12.00-14.00 10.8.2024 12.00-14.00 24.12.2024 closed 31.12.2024 closed

Vieremä waste sorting centre 13.00-18.00 closed closed 9.00-14.00 closed closed closed 1.4.2024 closed 9.5.2024 closed 11.5.2024 15.00-17.00 15.6.2024 15.00-17.00 20.7.2024 15.00-17.00 24.8.2024 15.00-17.00 26.12.2024 closed

Metal packages


in the property's collection container or to an eco take-back point

  • Aluminium foil, tins and lids
  • Lids, caps, closures
  • Non-deposit beverage cans
  • Small metal items, such as pots, frying pans, cutlery, scissors and hand tools
  • Food cans
  • Casings of tea lights and outdoor candles
  • Empty aerosol cans

How to recycle?

  • Empty and dry packaging only.
  • Deliver packaging containing residues of dangerous substances or pressure (e.g. paints, chemicals, oils, hairspray) to a hazardous waste reception point.
  • Deliver large metal items to a sorting station.

What's the outcome?

  • New metal packages, bicycle frames, shovels and car parts.

 

A guide to sorting metal packages (pdf)