I moved to a new commune this year (Yverdon) and received the bill for Taxe dechets (Garbage disposal).
I am bit lost.
Already buy the tax paid trash bags. Why are we to pay twice for trash disposal?
Do you also have to pay this?
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This amount kind of represents the cost of disposing off all the other stuff that doesn't go into the taxed bags, esp the stuff that goes into recycling.
You will soon realize that you get more than your money's worth.
Yes, totally normal. Same here.
It's the cost the commune pays for the garbage truck to pick up your garbage, at least here. The taxed bags were introduced a few years ago to comply with the polluter pays law, it is mostly for the disposal. Each commune has its own way of collection.
Actually you pay three times. For the bags, for the taxe dechets and finally through your communal taxes. The first two should cover the costs, but they often need topping up.
Not sure if it’s the same outside Vaud.
But you can deduct the second from your taxes.
And of course, as most things in Switzerland- each region has its own system. Just over the Jura from you, we do not have paid bags, but we pay by weight. We put garbage bag in big Molok container, which we have to open with our Commune electronic card, it is weighed and put towards our account, and when we close lid it falls into container. As we avoid most packaging, recycle everything we can recycle, and compost all vegetable waste, we pay VERY little. Win, win.
3 times a year we have a roadside collection for larger items, for free.
We just had "big garbage day" last saturday (3 or 4 times a year) where you can toss out anything, or give it away (there are tables for useful stuff)
Tom
In the canton of Vaud, you dispose of your trash in the taxed white bags. You also pay a fixed tax per person, which is determined by your commune. This covers (nominally) the fixed costs associated with trash disposal and your recycling centre.
It all depends which commune you live in, look at Oron or Blonnay, they have different system.......
Yes, each commune will have different rules and yes, you do have to pay it.
Your Commune needs to fund the collections and déchetterie. They can do it by the taxe which is based on the number of people in each residence and/or through Commune resources.
I think the per person tax is fairer as a six resident household pays more than a two residence household. Those with larger families may disagree.
I am interested where in other communes you put regular plastic from packaging etc, which do not have PET markings?
Where I live they used to accept such plastic in decheterie for which we pay yearly fee, but they stopped it and now the only option is to put in taxed bags.
That is normal.
Tom
In Switzerland they only recycle plastics which are economically worth recycling- eg PET. Other plastics are burnt in incinerator with rest of trash. So if you don't want to have to put in rubbish bag, try and avoid it in the first place.
Yes, my commune has this... Other plastic waste at the déchetterie, saves a lot. Or I should say my commune in combination with a few other communes that organises one déchetterie among them. It does get incinerated though and not recycled.
Even PET which has contained oil, and washing up liquid, shampoo, etc (and vinegar too I think)- should go in trash and not in recycling.
Heat produced by incineration plant is used to heat houses nearby. NO landfill!
We have this at our déchèterie too. There are restrictions as to what can go in there as it can only be a certain type of plastic but things like shampoo bottles, milk bottles etc which are not PET but are recyclable all go in there. Plastic yoghurt pots can’t go in there for example as they are a different sort of plastic.
There are also collection points for non PET plastic in the Migros stores here.
Yes, I liked it exactly for the same reason. It saves a lot of space. It is shame that they discontinued this option. I guess I will not see reduction of yearly fee either - 75chf / per person / year.
In our commune they stopped collecting general plastic (not pet), because it's not recyclable and ends up in an incinerator. As the dechetterie is supposed to recycle what comes in there, plastic was no longer accepted. We have put pressure on the commune to find an acceptable solution and they have now started taking styropor (sagex), but not general plastics.
Our Syndic explained the reason why many communes have stopped accepting plastic. They believe it has a negative effect on the sale of taxed rubbish bags.
Out of the 7 communes sharing in our dechetterie only one wanted to ban the acceptance of plastic, and this is the reason given by that communes Syndic.
Urban myth or conspiracy theory, perhaps.
it is not economical, or ecologically sound, to recycle non-pet plastics. As it is all burnt in incinerators, providing heat for the local population- it makes sense to burn. I say this as an ex Councillor in my Commune, and where we do NOT have pre paid plastic bags at all (we pay by weight, and those non pet packaging do not weigh much, so make little difference).
Unlike in the UK where it all goes into landfill or 3rd world countries to be dumped in the sea or wherever!
The French border guards often check Swiss cars for rubbish bags in the boot and fine VERY heavily!
Johnthegrocer, same with water- you pay a basic fee for water provision and then per litre usage on top, so if you have a swimming pool or water a large garden, you pay more. Makes sense. Same for electricity or heating. Basic + actual usage.