Waste Act (3.12.1993/1072). Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 1993 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Basic legislation Waste management Waste disposal Waste prevention Soil rehabilitation Solid waste Institution Offences/penalties Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract The purpose of this Act is to support sustainable development by promoting the rational use of natural resources, and preventing and combating the hazard and harm to health and the environment arising from wastes. This Act shall apply to waste, prevention of its generation and reduction of its hazardous or harmful property, promotion of waste recovery, any other organization of waste management, prevention of littering and cleaning of sites which have become littered. Waste means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends, or is required, to discard. Full text English/Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Implemented by Government Decision on information to be provided on hazardous waste and on the packing and labeling of hazardous waste (No. 659 of 1996). Legislation | Finland | 1996 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision No. 105 of 1995 on Batteries and Accumulators Containing Certain Dangerous Substances. Legislation | Finland | 1995 Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Internal trade, Authorization/permit, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Waste Decree (22.12.1993/1390). Legislation | Finland | 1993 (2009) Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Waste prevention, Solid waste, Institution, Registration, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Hazardous waste Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on the collection and recovery of waste paper (No. 883 of 1998). Legislation | Finland | 1998 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on the Part of the National Waste Plan Concerning Transfrontier Waste Movements (No. 495 of 1998). Legislation | Finland | 1998 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Policy/planning, Transboundary movement of waste, Waste disposal Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on packaging and packaging waste (No. 962 of 1997). Legislation | Finland | 1997 (2005) Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on Construction Waste (No. 295 of 1997). Legislation | Finland | 1997 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on amalgam-containing wastewater and waste resulting from dental care (No. 112 of 1997). Legislation | Finland | 1997 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste disposal, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Government Decision on Substances that Deplete the Ozonelayer (No. 262 of 1998). Legislation | Finland | 1998 Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Ozone layer, Monitoring, Waste disposal, Waste management, Hazardous substances Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ministry of the Environment Decree on the list of the most common wastes and of hazardous wastes (No. 1129 of 2001). Legislation | Finland | 2001 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Waste Act (No. 646 of 2011). Legislation | Finland | 2011 (2022) Keyword: Pollution control, Polluter pays principle, Sustainable use, Protection of environment, Basic legislation, Waste management, Waste prevention, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Hazardous waste, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Transboundary movement of waste, Classification/declassification, Business/industry/corporations, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Local government, Governance, Policy/planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX