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Door-to-door waste collection

Door-to-door waste collection

Door-to-door waste collection is the collection and transportation of household waste from a designated area to a designated waste disposal site or sites by a company selected through a procurement organised by a local government unit. 
According to the
Waste Act, the local government has an obligation to organise household waste transportation within its administrative territory. Household waste generated in homes is collected and transported by a waste transport company to which the city has awarded the exclusive right to serve the waste transport area. When granting the exclusive right, the lowest service price offered to residents by competing waste transport companies will be the decisive tender.

 

Organised waste transport includes:

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Waste paper

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Bio waste

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Bulky waste

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Municipal solid waste

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These types of waste may only be handed over to a waste hauler serving the region under contract or, in a free market situation, to a company holding a corresponding environmental protection permit.

Packaging waste is not included in organised waste transport.

Regions, prices and haulers

The administrative territory of the city of Tallinn is divided into 13 waste transport regions. You can see the regions by clicking on the area of the corresponding region on the map below. Additional information about waste transport prices, schedule and additional services can be obtained from the transport service provider. 

City district       Period Contractor
Haabersti
(area 1) 
1 October 2023 to 30 june 2028 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract 

Price list 
Nõmme
(area 2) 
1 December 2020 to 31 July 2025 Tallinn Waste
Recycling Centre

[email protected]
information line:
+372 609 6410
+372 609 6530
MONDAY to FRIDAY 8:15am to 5pm

Make a contract 
price list 


Mustamäe (Kadaka)
(area 3) 
1 April 2023 to 31 October 2027 Tallinn Waste
Recycling Centre

[email protected]
information line:
+372 609 6410
+372 609 6530
MONDAY to FRIDAY 8:15am to 5pm

Make a contract 
price list

Mustamäe (Siili-Sääse-Szolnok)
(area 4) 
1 April 2023 to 31 October 2027 Tallinn Waste
Recycling Centre

[email protected]
information line:
+372 609 6410
+372 609 6530
MONDAY to FRIDAY 8:15am to 5pm

Make a contract 
price list 
Kristiine
(area 5) 
1 May 2023 to 31 January 2028 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Põhja-Tallinn (Merimetsa-Kelmiküla-
 -Pelgulinn-Pelgurand-Kopli)

(area 6) 
1 November 2020 to 30 June 2025 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract 
price list
Põhja-Tallinn (Kalamaja-Paljassaare)
(area 7) 
1 November 2020 to 30 June 2025 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Old Town
(area 8)
1 October 2020 to 31 May 2025 Tallinn Waste
Recycling Centre

[email protected]
information line:
+372 609 6410
+372 609 6530
MONDAY to FRIDAY 8:15am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Kesklinn
(area 9)
1 October 2020 to 31 May 2025 Tallinn Waste
Recycling Centre

[email protected]
information line:
+372 609 6410
+372 609 6530
MONDAY to FRIDAY 8:15am to 5pm 

Make a contract
price list
Lasnamäe (Pae-Ülemiste)
(area 10)
1 November 2020 to 30 June 2025 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Lasnamäe (Laagna-Tondiraba)
(area 11) 
1 November 2020 to 30 June 2025 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Lasnamäe (Priisle-Mustakivi)
(area 12) 
1 November 2020 to 30 June 2025 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list
Pirita
(area 13) 
1 January 2019 to 31 December 2023 Estonian
Environmental Services

[email protected]
information line:
+372
6 400 830
1919
MONDAY to FRIDAY 9am to 5pm

Make a contract
price list

During the period shown in the table, one hauler will provide the waste transport services and the old contracts will be declared invalid. 

Tallinn's waste transport areas on the map

Select an area on the map for more information.


The descriptions of the boundaries of the waste transport areas are given in Appendix 2 of the Tallinn Waste Management Regulations

Goals of door-to-door waste collection 

In Tallinn, an average of 500 kg of household waste is generated per person per year. When organised waste transportation is implemented, joining the waste transportation system is unavoidable by law and all waste generators must start paying for waste transportation. As a result, these waste generators lose their economic motive to get rid of their waste illegally and the littering of the environment ends.
  • The goal of organised waste transport is primarily to supply the entire population with waste transport and thereby prevent littering of the environment. The problem of ownerless waste will disappear, because residents have to pay for their waste management anyway and the hauler must also take away what is placed next to the waste container. Containers that are filled to the brim will disappear from the cityscape. The motive to take your waste to other people's containers or to the forest disappears.
  • An important aspect is improving the quality of the waste transport service and controlling the price of the service. The price of garbage collection can become more affordable through waste sorting. Through separate collection, the recycling of waste paper and cardboard and biodegradable waste is simplified and people's environmental awareness is raised with the help of economic levers.
  • Higher quality waste hauling service. The hauler is disciplined by city-hauler and hauler-manager contracts. By violating the terms, the hauler risks losing exclusive rights.
  • Cleaner city air, less noise and less traffic. Thanks to better waste transport logistics, the traffic load and noise and air pollution caused by bin lorries will be reduced. While before, several bin lorries used to travel more or less the same route, emptying the waste containers of neighbouring houses, now only one company's truck delivers in one waste transport area. The road surface is less burdened by heavy bin lorries and lasts longer.
  • Garden cities will have less smoke and toxic gases. Uncontrolled burning of waste is prevented, because residents have joined the waste transport system and must pay for waste transport no matter what.

Legislation and contract
 

Based on the Tallinn Waste Management Regulations, the administrative territory of Tallinn is divided into 13 waste transport areas.

Waste owners who live or are located in the waste transport area are considered to have joined the organised waste transport based on the Waste Act. Organised waste transport includes residences, companies and institutions. The waste manager has the right to apply for an exemption from organised waste transport if the property is not inhabited or used and if the waste manager has an environmental protection permit. A person who does not have the mentioned grounds for release and does not hand over waste at the point of generation violates the Waste Act and the requirements for the separate collection and handing over of waste arising from the Tallinn Waste Management Regulations. You can apply for an exemption here.

If neighbours want to collect domestic waste in one place, an agreement between the users of the shared container must be made. A shared container can only be used for the collection of waste generated in apartment and townhouses with a common outdoor area or on adjacent properties, regardless of the intended purpose of the properties. The size of the shared container must correspond to the amount of waste generated in reality and using a waste bag as a common container is not allowed. The use of the shared container must be coordinated with the Tallinn Strategic Management Office ([email protected]). 

You can submit a request for the use of a shared container here. 

Description of the service: organised waste transport

Last modified 21.02.2024