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| Original name: | Jätelaki |
| Name: | Act (646/2011) on Waste. |
| Country: | Finland |
| Subject(s): | Environmental, Climate and Sustainable Development Laws; Occupational safety and health |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2011-06-17 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | FIN-2011-L-112217 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=112217&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Legislation on-line in Finnish & Swedish as revised  FINLEX, www.finlex.fi, Finland (consulted on 2022-01-25)Legislation on-line FINLEX, www.finlex.fi, Finland PDF of Act in English as amended to Act 528/2014 (consulted on 2022-01-25) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The purpose of this Act is to prevent the hazard and harm to human health and the environment posed by waste and waste management, to reduce the amount and harmfulness of waste, to promote the sustainable use of natural resources, to ensure functioning waste management, and to prevent littering. |
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