Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre Ltd.
Helsinki
Detailed description of the Good Practice
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Recycling Centre (Pääkaupunkiseudun kierrätyskeskus Oy) is a non-profit organization, the purpose of which is to improve people’s living conditions by reducing the amount of waste and raising environmental awareness.
The Centre offers several kinds of services, for example:
- reception and picking up (and also selling) of clean, usable goods e.g. furniture
- reception of broken electrical appliances
- offering environmental consultation/ education to children, educators, individuals and organizations
- “crafts bourse”
- Plan B – trademark of clothes / wares that are made of recycled materials
Sustainable consumption
Waste management
Objectives of the Good Practice
To promote sustainable lifestyle.
Participants of the Good Practice
Co-owners of the company are:
- Cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen
- Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council
- Helsinki Nature Protection Association
- Finnish Nature Protection Federation / Uusimaa District
- HYY-yhtymä (Helsinki University Students’ Union’s Business Consortium)
- Luonto-Liitto ry
- Korso-Koivukylän Linkki ry
- The Finnish 4H Federation
- The Martha Organization
- The Scout Association of Helsinki Metropolitan Area
- Ympäristö- ja Kuluttajapoliittinen yhdistys ry
- Ruohonjuuri Oy
Target group of the Good Practice
All the citizens.
Funding of the Good Practice
At least part of the resources is received by selling recycled products.
More Details of the Good Practice
Documentation and documents
Homepage: http://www.kierratyskeskus.fi
Available files
Contact details
Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre
Lönnrotinkatu 45, 00180 Helsinki
Phone: +358 9 310 887 10, +358 50 501 4858
Fax (09) 310 88716
Email: info@kierrätyskeskus.fi
Data sources and references
Homepage of the Helsinki Reuse Centre: http://www.kierratyskeskus.fi (Visited on the 14th of November 2008)
