Waste management and recycling
Ii waste station Ekorysä
Address: Yrittäjäntie 2 b, Ii.
Open until April 30, 2025 on Mondays and Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m.
Starting May 1, 2025, opening days will change to Wednesday and Friday, opening hours will remain 3-7 p.m.
You cannot shop at the waste station outside of opening hours.
Kiertokaari customer service Mon-Fri 8 am-16 pm, tel. 08 5584 0020,toimisto@kiertokaari.fi
Hazardous waste, electrical equipment, scrap metal: Household hazardous waste can be returned free of charge to the Ii waste station. Medicines and mercury thermometers should be returned to pharmacies. Batteries should be returned to the stores that sell them. The waste station also accepts machinery and equipment comparable to household appliances, as well as scrap metal, free of charge.
Paid mixed waste at the waste station: The Ii waste station also accepts occasional mixed waste loads, which include, for example, furniture or other waste items that do not fit in your own waste container. However, household waste (burnable waste) is always placed in your own waste container and cannot be accepted at the waste station.
The waste station operator charges a fee for mixed waste loads, freight charge is €31,38/load/200 kg. If the loads are large or repeated, they must be transported directly to the Rusko waste center in Oulu.
Corporate waste: Waste from businesses does not belong to the Ii waste station, but is delivered either to the Rusko waste center (open on weekdays from 7 am to 20 pm) or to other recipients who have received a processing permit. Waste from business activities is always subject to a fee. Hazardous waste from businesses is received at the Rusko waste center in Oulu from Monday to Thursday from 7 am to 15 pm and Friday from 7 am to 12 pm.
Rusko Waste Center, Oulu
Address: Ruskonniityntie 10, 90620 Oulu.
Kiertokaari customer service Mon-Fri 8 am-16 pm, tel. 08 5584 0020, toimisto@kiertokaari.fi
Eco points in Ii
Points are awarded nationwide. Finnish Packaging Recycling / Rinki Oy, where you can provide feedback on, for example, the cleanliness of the collection points/need for emptying on the website: rinkiin.fi/ekopistepalaute
- Ii, Kärkkäinen, Sorosentie 1, 91100 Ii
- Ii, Central Sports Field, Kisatie 2 B, 91100 Ii
- Ii, Olhava, ST1, Sassintie 3, 91140 Olhava
- Kuivaniemi, Kuivajoentie 15, 95100 Kuivaniemi
Biowaste to be sorted from small and detached houses located in the Ii urban area from 19 July 2024
There are two options for sorting biowaste. You can order separate collection for biowaste or compost it. In Ii, the urban area is defined as the municipal center and the Kuivaniemi station and church village.
- Read the announcement: ii.fi/aajonkohtaista/biojatteen-sorjetilvelvoite-pien-ja-omakotitaloille-kajajamissa
Metal, cardboard, glass and plastic packaging must be sorted in detached houses, but there is no need to arrange separate collection for them from properties. Packaging waste can be delivered to the nearest Rinki eco-point, of which there are 4 in the Ii area: Ii Kärkkäinen (Sorosentie 1), Ii Keskusurheilukentä (Kisatie 2B), Olhava ST1 (Sassintie 3), Kuivaniemi (Kuivajoentie 15).
The transport system for combustible waste will not change. The property owner enters into an agreement with the waste management operator of their choice for the transportation of combustible waste.
Further information: Kiertokaari customer service Mon-Fri 8am-16pm, tel. 08 5584 0020,toimisto@kiertokaari.fi
The transportation of housing companies' bio and packaging waste was transferred to Kiertokaari on 4 September 2023.
Biowaste, metal, cardboard, glass and plastic packaging must be sorted (as of 1 July 2023) in HOUSING COMPANIES in the Ii and Kuivaniemi urban areas with four apartments or more. An urban area is considered to be a concentration of at least 200 residents, which in Ii includes the Ii municipal center and the Kuivaniemi station and church village.
Transportation from housing company properties is the responsibility of the municipally owned waste company Kiertokaari Oy. The change has come into effect since September in Hailuoto, Ii, Kempele and Lumijoki. In the Ii postal code areas, transportation is handled by Jätehuolto Paakkola Oy.
The transport system for combustible waste will not change. The property owner enters into an agreement with the waste management operator of their choice for the transportation of combustible waste.
Further information: Kiertokaari customer service Mon-Fri 8 am-16 pm, tel. 08 5584 0020,toimisto@kiertokaari.fi
New waste management regulations enter into force on January 1, 2023
The new waste management regulations governing sorting have been set by the regional waste management division, which is the waste authority in the Ii, Hailuoto, Kempele, Lumijoki, Oulu and Pudasjärvi areas.
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Additional information
Circle Circle Customer Service
mon-fri 8-16
tel. 08 5584 0020
office [at] circulararchitecture.fi (toimisto@kiertokaari.fi)
