Waste management for residential properties
Properties must comply with the waste management regulations issued by the waste management authority of the area, the Lahti region waste board, which complement the waste legislation. The waste management regulations are uniform in all municipalities in the area, which are Asikkala, Heinola, Hollola, Kärkölä, Lahti, Myrskylä, Orimattila, Padasjoki, and Pukkila. The waste management regulations specify, among other things, the obligations for waste sorting, the intervals for emptying waste bins, and the transportation of waste.
The owner of a property used for permanent or leisure housing must arrange waste management for their property. This means organizing the collection of household waste generated daily. All properties must have regular emptying at least for mixed waste.
Properties can also use shared waste bins by agreeing on a waste cluster with another property in accordance with the terms of the waste management regulations. Waste collection for an unused property can be suspended. The waste management status of the property can be a regular emptying schedule or a temporary suspension.
Properties in Kärkölä, the rural area of Heinola, and Orimattila’s Artjärvi, which do not have access to a waste truck, can use regional collection points.
The obligation also applies to other properties comparable to housing, as well as municipal administration and service properties, and commercial premises where municipal waste generated is collected together with waste generated from housing.
In the area, the collection of mixed waste is still mainly organized by the property owner, meaning that collections for mixed waste are ordered from private transport companies. The transition to jointly tendered mixed waste collections will begin gradually across the entire area starting in April 2026. Read more.
Jointly tendered mixed waste collections are currently in effect in Kärkölä, the rural area of Heinola, and Artjärvi in Orimattila.
The collection of bio and packaging waste types has been jointly tendered across the entire area and the emptying services can be ordered by contacting Salpakierto customer service.