Municipalities asekuracyjnie impose on the residents higher fees for garbage collection because they still can not reliably estimate the amount of waste produced. As a result, for the service we pay more than we should. And that’s just one of the absurdities of the new economic system junk.
Supreme Chamber of Control examined how the introduced two years ago, a system for collecting and export of municipal waste. Since then, the municipalities are responsible for selecting companies receiving waste and zagospodarowujących.
Reclassified charges
One of the main complaints wysnuwanych by the controllers NIK concerns charging residents fees. These fell mainly in rural communities. In 81 percent. cases do not exceed 10 zł per month per capita, and almost 30 per cent. rural residents pay only 5 zł. Much worse in cities – even in the situation of persons who have declared selective collection of waste (for which the rate is lower than in the absence of segregation).
According to NIK happens, because municipalities still can not reliably estimate the amount of municipal waste produced in their territory and most of them asekuracyjnie overstates the size. “Local governments will in fact be overestimating the amount of fees collected from residents, rather than later to pay extra from their own budgets. Meanwhile, according to the applicable provisions of the system should operate on the principle of self-financing, ie. The costs should be covered with funds raised by the municipality of fees from property owners, “- notes the SCC. Despite this, in any of the 24 audited municipalities failed to balance the waste management system.
Over half (14) of municipalities reported a surplus of income over expenditure. This means that their residents pay for garbage collection more than they actually should. The record was Krakow, where from property owners on the management of waste were collected more than 73 million zł more than it actually cost (from 1 July 2013. September 30, 2014.). City explains that the cause of this excess garbage collection costs were lower by 45 percent. than expected. Higher were also income – government found that 100 percent. residents will collect waste selectively due to lower fees, but in reality approx. 16 percent. Real estate declared the gathering of waste in non-selective manner. As the monthly fluctuations in the cost ranged up to 60 per cent., And revenues to 10 per cent., Krakow authorities have recognized that until the financial stability of the system surplus should be maintained at a level of 2 to 3 monthly revenues from fees. In general, even though the resulting savings, only 4 out of 24 audited municipalities have decided to reduce the fees. Additional measures municipalities used the example. For investments improving the functioning of waste management.
Controllers NIK is also concerned about how lump-sum settlements of junk companies, which have chosen to as much as 61 percent. municipalities. In the case of overestimation of the amount of waste produced municipality of settling a lump sum pay more than you should, and garbage collection company charges a fee for that which is not exported. It is true that in the initial period of implementing the system of lump sum can be beneficial when it is difficult to estimate the amount of waste, but according to the SCC after two years municipalities should already be able to calculate how much garbage during the year are to be exported, and pay only for those actually developed. “In the end, they lose most of all property owners” – sums up the SCC.
Christopher Choromański the Association of Polish Cities (ZMP) explains that many municipalities are treated lump sum as safe for them to form settlements. – An alternative is accountable for exported ton, but provided that all governments without exception they will accept it. Today in this respect is different and the problem is that if in one place the company has a contract lump sum and the other is accounted for tonnes, it can occur garbage flows. To increase its revenue, the company will take some garbage from the community, which accounted for a flat rate, and show them in the community, which accounted per tonne – warns expert ZMP.
Grow mountains of rubbish
Growing charges are not to blame only bad estimates municipalities. Confusion related to the implementation of the system are also used by companies for trash. When entering into new contracts with the local government (usually the first contracts were signed per year) monthly wage of companies with respect to that set in the previous agreement increased by as much as 172 percent. (Case of 12-thousandth of the municipality Wiązowna). – The first tender had planned only for 10 months. In the second, its developed already for two years, the proposed offer us shocked. We had to increase the fees of 7 zł for segregated and non-segregated 22 zł for at respectively 11 and 27 zł – explains Iwona Marczyk, head of department of environmental protection in the commune office.
meager are also environmental effects of the new system. While the government argued that as a result of the revolution junk nobody will no longer pay for garbage removal to the forest (because theoretically, everyone pays the monthly rate for exports and has imposed by the municipality firm junk), it turns out that the illegal landfill sites instead of wane – arrives. The municipalities audited by the SCC at the end of 2013. There were 894, and in September 2014. Already in 1452, an increase of over 60 percent. More. A growing trend is also confirmed by GUS and the Ministry of Environment. According to data from the Ministry before 1 July 2013. In the woods abandoned by almost 45 thousand. cubic meters. waste, and after 1 July 2013. This figure has increased by more than 30 thousand. cubic meters. to 76 thousand. cubic meters. Also in 2014. Garbage in the woods almost disappeared: in 2013. In the forests harvested 125 thousand. cubic meters. garbage, and in 2014. 120 thousand. cubic meters.
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