Municipality of the week 2019/34

Tuusula

Tuusula, or Tuusby as it is called in Swedish, is situated in the county of Nyland, around 30 km North of Helsinki

Basic facts:

• Population: 39 kpe
• Area: 220 square kilometres
• Population density: 176 pe/square kilometer
• Country: Finland
• Region: Nyland
• Share block houses: n.a.
• Distance from Karlaplan: 499 km

The municipality weapon of Tuusula has a rather high factor of originality and pictures a twig of lingonberry along with some mechanical gadget

Prevailing logistical structure:

• Production model: N.a.
• Utensils: Bins 140-240 litres for organic waste and 360-660 litres for residual waste
• Collection frequency: Generally once every 1-2 weeks
• Treatment method: Incineration for residual waste, rotting with production of bioethanol for organic
• Treatment destination: Riihim�ki for residual, Karanoja for food waste
• Distance to treatment: 45 km for residual waste, 74 km for organic
• Transfer station: Yes, in J�rvenp� for the entire amount of residual- and food waste
• Number of recycling centers: 2, which renders a density of 19 kpe per facility
• Number of bring banks: 12, which gives a desnity of 3 221 pe/facility,for the fractions metal, glass, cardboard and plastics
• Autmoatic weight registration: Only for underground containers
• Composting regime Compulsory for houses with >5 appartments
• Kerbside collection of hazardous waste: Weekly collection round with 2 stops
• Kerbside collection of bulky waste: Yes
• Kerbside collection of packages: For houses with min 5 sppartments

Central Tuusula by air photo

Collected amounts:

• Residual waste: 169 kg/cap
• Organic waste: 16 kg/cap

Supplier structurer:

• Collection household waste: Lassila-Tikanoja
• Recycling centers: N.a.
• Hazardous waste: Fortum
• Treatment residual waste: Fortum
• Treatment organic waste: St1 Renewable Energy
• Collection plastics: Rinki
• Collection glass: Rinki
• Collection metal: Rinki
• Collection cardboard: Rinki
• Collection old newspapers: Rinki
• Collection electronics: N.a.
• Dismantling of electronics: N.a.
• Plastics recycling: Fortum
• Glass recycling: Rinki
• Newspaper recycling: Suomen Keräystuote
• Metal recycling: Rinki
• Cardboard recycling: Rinki

Economical parametres:

• Fee separate houses: Per emptying incl. VAT 5,32 EUR for 140 liter bin of food waste; 5,49 EUR for 190 liter bin of residual waste
• Fee block houses: Per emptying incl. VAT 10,23 EUR for 660 liter bin residual waste
• Treatment cost household waste: 150 EUR per ton for residual, 116 EUR per ton for organic
• Collection cost: N.a.

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