You may use materials classified as waste in earth construction if it happens on a small scale, and you comply with the City of Helsinki environmental protection regulations (sections 14 and 15). However, please always check before submitting a notification whether the use of waste requires an environmental permit or a MARA notification. For more information, please contact kymp.ymparistovalvonta@hel.fi.
If you are a property holder, you must submit a monitoring notification of the waste recovery to the City of Helsinki Environmental Services. If you are a tenant on a leased plot, you need the landowner's permission.
The notification must be submitted no later than 30 days before starting the waste recovery.
Submit a notification of small-scale waste recovery in earth construction
Submit a monitoring notification via the Lupapiste service. We do not charge a fee for processing the notification.
Use the online service
Instructions for submitting a monitoring notification
Before submitting a monitoring notification, please ensure that the waste recovery complies with the requirements laid down in sections 14 and 15 of the City of Helsinki environmental protection regulations.
- What kind of waste is it (concrete/brick waste, crushed asphalt, gritting sand, crushed stone etc.)?
- Where does the waste come from?
- How has the waste been pretreated?
- Where will the waste be deposited?
- How much waste will be deposited?
- When will the waste be deposited?
- Any analysis results describing the environmental impact of the waste.
- A map illustration of the site where the waste will be deposited.
- An explanation and a possible cross section of how the waste is to be placed in the soil.
- The landowner’s consent.