During the spring collection vehicle tour, we accept three different types of waste from households free of charge:
Find your nearest stop
Search for Sortti collection vehicle stops and schedules using an address or postal code, or view collection points on the map.
What can you bring to the Sortti collection vehicle?
Hazardous waste (formerly problem waste)
Hazardous waste includes, among other things, energy-saving light bulbs, paints, solvents, cleaning chemicals and batteries.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment
Electrical scrap includes, for example, refrigerators, freezers, televisions, coffee makers, washing machines, computers and electric mixers.
Deliver larger quantities, such as trailer loads, of electric and electronic equipment to Sortti Stations.
Note!
We cannot guarantee information security. If necessary, use a service such as Seiffi.fi to dispose of devices with memory storage, such as computers and mobile devices.
Metalscrap
Scrap metal includes, among other things, bicycles, wood-burning sauna stoves, hot water heaters as well as metal containers and cans.
What can you not bring to the Sortti collection vehicles?
Pressure impregnated wood: small quantities can be delivered to Sortti Stations or to a reception location of Kestopuu Oy. Larger quantities must be delivered to the Ämmässuo eco-industrial centre or directly to the terminal of Demolite Oy.
Fireworks, emergency flares, explosives, ammunition and weapons must be delivered to the location indicated by the police, apart from emergency flares, which can be delivered to the stores selling them.
Medications must be delivered to a pharmacy.
Deliver gas cylinders to Sortti Stations or the Kivikko Hazardous Waste Reception Station and barrels of hazardous waste to the Kivikko Hazardous Waste Reception Station (open weekdays 7 am–4 pm).
Car tyres: See the collection points of Finnish Tyre Recycling Ltd.
Asbestos: see instructions
How to use the Sortti collection vehicle service
- If you arrive before the collection vehicles, park to the side and leave space for the trucks.
- Wait and keep a safe distance until the platforms are lowered.
- Hand over the waste only to the staff wearing HSY's yellow safety vests.
- Sort the waste in advance into separate bags or boxes. Assistance is available on-site if needed.
- We do not accept plastic bags, sacks, or boxes used for transporting waste, so please dispose of them in your home waste bin or take them to a Rinki ecopoint.
- Waste must not be left at the stop in advance.
- For larger quantities, such as a trailer load, take them to the Sortti stations.