The impact of Christmas on waste management
Waste management company Kiertokapula informs that the Christmas and New Year holidays may affect waste container emptying schedules. Kiertokapula's waste treatment areas and small waste collection points, i.e. recycling stations, will be closed on public holidays.
Public holidays may affect waste collection by postponing collections by a maximum of two days in either direction. Christmas collections will begin on Sunday 21 December, and on Christmas Eve collections will be made until midday.
Waste collection will continue on Boxing Day, and some collections may still take place on Saturday 27 December.
The New Year’s Day (1 January) and Epiphany (6 January) deliveries will also be moved forward or backward by a maximum of two days.
Exceptional opening hours of service points
The waste disposal areas and small waste collection points in Kiertokapula are closed as follows:
- Tuesday, 23 December, closes at 5 p.m. (Lumikorpi at 3 p.m.), Christmas Eve
- Closed on Wednesday, 24 December, Christmas Eve
- Closed on Thursday, 25 December, Christmas Day
- Closed on Friday, 26 December, Boxing Day
- Wednesday, 31 December, closes at 5 p.m., New Year's Eve
- Closed on Thursday, 1 January, New Year's Day
- Monday, 5 January, closes at 5 p.m., Epiphany Eve
- Closed on Tuesday, 6 January, Epiphany.
Christmas trees are collected for transport
When emptying waste containers serviced by Kiertokapula, Christmas trees will be collected free of charge from beside the waste container during the early part of the year. The tree must be placed whole beside the waste container or in its immediate vicinity. Christmas trees will be collected as and when they can be accommodated in the loads.
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