WasteLess Karelias

WasteLess Karelias addresses the problem of littering and insufficient waste management facilities in rural villages in North Karelia and the Karelian Republic. We encourage and support local residents, authorities and companies to improve their waste management system and the rural living environment. We explore local waste situation and the perceptions, knowledge and potentials of waste prevention and recycling. WasteLess Karelias organises local waste management workshops, clean up events, cross border school competition and a Trash-Art Festival.

The project is lead by University of Eastern Finland (UEF) and carried out in collaboration with 3 additional partners: Association for Rural Culture and Education (MSL), Insitute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center (IoE) and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

Project aims

  • Cleaner village landscapes
  • Increased awareness about waste prevention and recycling
  • Improved access to waste sorting facilities
  • Improve readiness to implement waste legislation

Project news

WasteLess Karelias (WasteLess) is a crossborder project that aims to improve waste management and waste handling in rural villages of North Karelia and the Republic of Karelia. Coordinated by the University of Eastern Finland (UEF) the project is jointly carried out by the Finnish Association for Rural Culture and Education (MSL), the Institute of Economics at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Petrozavodsk (IoE) and the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE).

The 3 year project will run from December 2018 until November 2021.

The focus of the project is on 5 chosen pilot villages, two in North Karelia and three in the Karelian Republic but aims to create wider approaches and experiences that enable rural villages in both Karelias to take action. WasteLess follows an interactive approach to engage local people in its activities to assure locally fitting solutions, to improve waste management and avoid littering. The project raises awareness about waste among local residents, mobilises local waste management skills and provides means to improve the cleanliness of village environments.

Project outputs:

WasteLess in Media:

7x7 news report on Finnish recycling system with reference to WasteLess project: https://semnasem.ru/wasteless/  (in Russian) & https://semnasem.ru/wasteless_eng/ (in English).

Mekrijärvi pilottikyläksi jätehuoltohankkeeseen. Pogostan Sanomat 28.3.2019 https://www.pogostansanomat.fi/uutiset/item/1607-mekrijarvi-pilottikylaksi-jatehuoltohankkeeseen

Blog posts:

Yhteisöllisen jakamisen ympäristöteot maaseudulla.  Sanni Heinonen ja Wilma Poutanen. Circblogi 18.6.2019: http://www.materiaalitkiertoon.fi/fi-FI/Ajankohtaista/Circblog/Yhteisollisen_jakamisen_ymparistoteot_ma(50686)

Yhdyskuntajätteet tehokkaammin kiertoon myös maaseudulla. Kati Pitkänen & Reeta Rönkkö. Maaseutupolitiikka-blogi 2.4.2019: https://www.maaseutupolitiikka.fi/materiaalipankki/blogit/yhdyskuntajatteet_tehokkaammin_kiertoon_myos_maaseudulla.html

Venäjän Karjalan jätehuolto uudistuu. Kati Pitkänen & Taru Peltola. Circblogi 12.3.2019: http://www.materiaalitkiertoon.fi/fi-FI/Ajankohtaista/Circblog/Venajan_Karjalan_jatehuolto_uudistuu(49673)

 

 

 

Lead partner/University of Eastern Finland contacts:

Project coordinator:

Moritz Albrecht

+358 50 337 1783

moritz.albrecht@uef.fi

Languages: Finnish, English, German

Project manager:

Gleb Iarovoi

+358 41 7978 453 // russian number

gleb.iarovoi@uef.fi

Languages: Russian, English

 

Partner contacts:

Association for Rural Culture and Education

Reeta Rönkkö

reeta.ronkko@msl.fi

Languages: Finnish, English

Institute of Economics of the Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Valentina Karginova-Gubinova

+79214685173

vkarginowa@yandex.ru

Languages: Russian, English

Finnish Environment Institute

Taru Peltola

+358 295 251 739

taru.peltola@ymparisto.fi

Languages: Finnish, English