Packing biowaste

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must biowaste be packed, how to pack biowaste, biowaste bag, bag for biowaste, biodegradable, compostable, food waste

Recycling methods

Waste Information

Biowaste must be packed before it is placed in the property’s biowaste container. Packing prevents freezing in winter and odours in summer. Biowaste does not need to be packed in your own compost.

How to pack biowaste

There are several options for packing biowaste:

• We recommend plastic-free paper bags for the best biodegradability.
• You can use a pick-and-mix sweets bag, plastic-free carton packaging, a paper fruit bag from a store or a newspaper, for example.
• Compostable plastic bags can be used as biowaste bags in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Favour bags that are labelled as compostable. Compostable plastic bags do not have time to decompose completely in the biowaste treatment process, so they are removed early in the process.
• Normal plastic bags must not be used.

Food must not be sorted into biowaste in its original packaging. Only the food waste is placed in the biowaste container. Always pack biowaste, even if there is a protective bag in the waste container.

If your housing company has a pneumatic waste collection system, check the instructions from your own pneumatic collection company.

Thank you for sorting!

Sorting biowaste is important in order to make use of it. Only sorted biowaste can be recycled for nutrients and energy.