Salpakierto Oy (formerly Päijät-Hämeen Jätehuolto Oy PHJ) is a limited liability company owned by 10 municipalities, which takes care of municipal waste management service tasks in the area of ​​its owner municipalities in accordance with the Waste Act . The company was established in 1993. The duties include municipal waste

• reception
• handling
• recovery
• waste advice
• waste management planning and development

The company is part of the Lahti City Group.

The company's owners are Asikkala, Heinola, Hollola, Kärkölä, Lahti, Myrskylä, Orimattila, Padasjoki, Pukkila and Sysmä. The business area has about 200,000 inhabitants and about 13,000 companies.

Since its inception in 1993, the company has been working boldly and innovatively to promote recycling and the circular economy and to benefit the environment. Over the years, waste management operations have changed from final disposal to material recycling.

The role of waste management in the circular economy as a whole is to promote recycling by recovering all material suitable for industry as a secondary raw material from various waste streams in waste treatment processes in order to save virgin natural resources. The aim is also to reduce the energy recovery of waste and make the proportion of waste to be disposed of almost non-existent.

The company's operations are guided by EU directives, national laws and regulations, the national waste plan, environmental authorities, the Päijät-Häme Waste Board and the owners. There is a certified operating system.

VISION

We are the best-known and most reliable producer of recycling services needed by residents in our region and a bold innovator in the circular economy together with our partners.