The policy of recycling and household waste was implemented in 1992Since this year, the habits of the French have changed and now more than 65% of packaging found a second life through recyclingHowever, in proportion to the requirements of different environmental measures and the increasing production of junk, the bill seems to increase by day
The causes and actions
Waste management has never been an issue as important todayThey concern the authorities at all levels, but also each of the consumers who are the source of waste
Faced with a deteriorating environment increasingly, governments have decided to take matters in handThus peaks such as the Grenelle Environment and European directives have increased the costs of waste treatment
Since then, measures adapted to the recycling of waste have been taken, such as sorting, composting ... In parallel, the operating costs of the units have increased progressivelyThis has led and will be further increased special taxes such as the General Tax on Polluting Activities or the tax or as the fee for garbage collection (TEOM and Reoma)
Faced with a clear imbalance caused by a gradual decline in revenue processing, propose policies to curb the increase of waste a set of measures for more responsible behavior on the part of consumers
An attitude that tends to such an advantage over products certified as "Eco-packaging" when purchased
Household waste more and more expensive?
The cost of waste treatment is constantly rising and the Court of Auditors denounced on this budget poorly controlledConsumers associations also note a total lack of transparency regarding pricing practiced
The invoice total annual cost to the French more than 7 billion euros which is € 124 per capitaSums up 5 to 6% per year, according to ADEME, the result of modernization and development of waste disposal
The amounts are divided between the waste disposal per tonne which costs on average € 169 for local and € 183 per tonne for residual waste
In addition to the successive increases, the costs are not necessarily the same all over FranceUFC-Que Choisir also denounces this disparity in a report dated October 20
In this study, the combination of consumer note that the average per capita cost of waste treatment is € 99However, inequalities exist with bills in some cities such as Marseille or Biarritz which can reach almost twice that amount
Likewise, the group described an increase in abuse of non-operating charges proportional to the waste disposalThe TEOM has been such an upward slope of 7.1% in 2009 either tax revenues have quadrupled in less than 20 years
With a low transparency of public bodies, UFC-Que Choisir showed that the documents relating to waste do not inform consumers enoughOnly 92 public bodies of the 150 respondents reported their figures on the subject |
