The first tip is to reduce the amount of waste and the second tips is to recycle.

REDUCE WASTE AND RECYCLE

Avoid disposable dishes, food tastes better served on ceramic plates.

Reduce the amount of food waste produced at your lodgings and restaurants – when dining at buffets, only take as much food as you can eat.

Buy goods, not just packages. Avoid products that have been overpacked and politely refuse unnecessary plastic bags.

When you leave on a trip, pack your lunch in durable, reusable containers or reusable bags.

There are many waste collection points in Levi.
Take a look at the map and check which Eco points is the closest. Paper, glass and metal can all be put to proper use.

Batteries have to be placed in the appropriate battery collection boxes you can find at the supermarkets, old or left over medical drugs and broken mercury thermometers need to be returned to the pharmacies.

When hiking clean paper and cardboard can be burned in the campfires, but please do not place other other waste in the fire.

In Finland, every time a person buys a beverage in a bottle or can, they pay a deposit of 15 to 40 cents. The system covers alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and bottled water, in aluminium cans, glass bottles and bottles made from PET plastic. You can return all bottles and cans at the return machines found at the supermarkets. The return machines are easy to use and when you present the receipt to the store’s cashier, they give you cash back or deduct the bottle-return money from your purchase.

All returned containers are recycled, or the materials are reused. Recycling bottles and cans conserves energy and raw materials, and reduces litter in cities and wilderness areas.

LEVI'S ECO-POINTS

The Eco-points are located next to the Tourist Information, at Nuottirakka, at Lämpötie and at Poronportti.

• Nuottirakka, Nuottitie: glass, metal, paper, plastic and cardboard

• Lämpötie: glass, metal, paper and mixed waste

• Teboil Poronportti/Petrol Station, Tunturitie 2: glass, metal, paper

• Levi Tourist Information, Myllyjoentie 2: glass, metal, paper

The Eco-points of Kittilä village area at Kittilä Neste, Pakatintie junction, Ansatie parking area and Nilitie, opposite the Levi-Institute.

Take the following wastes to the Eco-points

SMALL METALS: Clean tin cans, foils, aluminium trays, aluminium papers, metal lids, non-deposit drink cans, tealight candle foils, small metal containers (pots, frying pans, baking trays), discarded small tools, completely empty paint cans (remember to remove the lid from the can).

GLASS: Glass bottles and jars (rinse and remove lids).

PAPERS: All paper received by mail: newspapers, magazines, advertisements, brochures, envelopes, and copy paper.

CARDBOARD: Carton liquid packages, such as milk and juice cartons (including aluminium-lined), cereal and cookie boxes, paper bags and sacks, wrapping paper, egg cartons, paper towel and toilet paper rolls, corrugated cardboard, and kraft paper. Rinse packages that contain liquids or food residues, drain them dry, flatten and nest them inside each other. Remove plastic caps and put them in the plastic collection.

PLASTICS: Empty plastic food packaging such as yogurt cups, butter tubs, and packaging for cold cuts, cheese, and ready meals; empty plastic bottles of detergent, shampoo, and soap; plastic bags, pouches, and wraps; empty plastic bottles, canisters, and jars (preferably flattened, with caps and lids removed). Rinse the packaging if necessary.