Dearer rubbish collection in Rincon

Rincon de la Victoria town hall is distributing 27,000 leaflets, and has launched a campaign on social media, explaining the 2025 rubbish collection tax.

“The town hall is obliged to comply with, and apply, the law,” Environment councillor Borja Ortiz explained.

“At the same time it is our responsibility to inform residents, with total clarity, about the effects of the central government’s new law on their bills.”

The law responds to a European Union directive aimed at calculating the volume of rubbish generated by each household and their recycling levels.  However, this directive did not establish any procedures for applying the new rules, leaving each member state to decide.

In Spain’s case, Madrid decided to impose a rubbish collection tax for town halls to pass on to the local population.

Rincon mayor Francisco Salado added that the town hall was looking for the best way to apply the new regulations while trying to lessen the blow of the price hike.  This could  involve lowering the IBI rates in future, he suggested.

“As we see it, the central government could have passed this on as a national, and not a town hall, tax,” Salado said.