Overview of Pay as you throw waste tariffs experiences in Portugal

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1 LIFE2015/ENV/PT/609 Overview of Pay as you throw waste tariffs experiences in Portugal Anita Neves 1, Maria Kasidoni 2, Konstantinos Moustakas 2, M.Nunes 3, Célia Dias Ferreira 1,3 1 CERNAS, Polytechnic of Coimbra, Portugal 2 National Technical University of Athens, Greece 3 University of Aveiro, Portugal

2 01. PART Strategic Plan for Municipal Solid Waste Overview 02. PART About PAYT 03. PART PAYT implementation in Portugal 04. PART Conclusion

3 Strategic Plan for Municipal Solid Waste 2020 goals prevent waste production; Improve recyclables collection; promote different types of valorisation. amount of biowaste sent to the landfill reduced from 63% to 35% (compared to 1995 reference year) increase the rate of waste for reuse and recycling from 24% to 50%

4 Strategic Plan for Municipal Solid Waste 2020 goals prevent waste production; Improve recyclables collection; promote different types of valorisation. amount of biowaste sent to the landfill reduced from 63% to 35% (compared to 1995 reference year) 2017: 43% increase the rate of waste for reuse and recycling from 24% to 50% 2017: 38%

5 ABOUT PAYT PAY AS YOU THROW the more you discard, the more you pay PAYT systems are based on the joint application of two of the guiding principles of environmental policy: the polluter pays principle and the shared responsibility concept

6 PAYT Implementation in Portugal Guimarães Maia Aveiro Condeixa Lisbon

7 Guimarães System: pre paid bag Target sector: household and commerce Area: 0,17km 2 (Old Town Centre) Population: (329 households and 265 commerce) Type of collection: Door to door for unsorted and recyclable waste Tariff: 0,34 /bag (30lt) and recyclable collection is free Start: collection routes per day Comments: assessment of economic sustainability, number of collection routes are excessive (7/day).

8 MAIA System: individual containers with RFID, collection vehicles with RFID readers and data management platform Target sector: household and commerce Area: 83,2km 2 Population: Type of collection: Door to door for unsorted and recyclable waste Tariff: (no PAYT tariff implemented) Implementation stage: Comments: no waste tariff implemented. Why not?

9 System: individual containers with RFID, collection vehicles with RFID readers and data management platform Target sector: commerce Area: 140km 2 Waste producer: 398 commerce Type of collection: previous collection communal bins, new collection: Door to door Tariff: (no PAYT tariff implemented) Start: 2018 the number of recyclable drop off points increased Co funded by LIFE programme of the European Union LIFE 15 ENV/PT/ Condeixa

10 Lisbon System: volume based (bin capacity x frequency) Target sector: commerce Area: 100km 2 Waste producer: 300 facilities (large waste producers (>1100 L waste/day)) Type of collection: door to door Tariff: (no PAYT tariff implemented) Start: 2018 Low tech solution based on a contract established between Municipality and each waste producer Co funded by LIFE programme of the European Union LIFE 15 ENV/PT/000609

11 Aveiro System: containers with access control system Target sector: household and commerce Area: 1 km 2 Population: (487 households and 123 commerce) Type of collection: communal bins (880L) Tariff: (no PAYT tariff implemented) Start: 2018 Changes in required for implementation: complementary measures are considered, increased number of recyclables drop off points and home composting kits are distributed Co funded by LIFE programme of the European Union LIFE 15 ENV/PT/000609

12 Conclusions 278 municipalities in Portugal and 0 with PAYT Current PAYT systems in Portugal are at experimental stage No knowledge on how PAYT can be implemented in the field and the misconception that it is more costly; Complementary measures may be difficult and costly; there is a long way to go but one that needs to be walked;

13 Thank you for your attention! Any questions? The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of LIFE+, the financial instrument of the EU for the environment (LIFE 15/ENV/PT/000609).