in this Loire-Atlantique community, the bill will continue to increase

The urban community Clisson Sèvre and Maine succeeded in his first bet: that of significantly reduce the tonnages deposited in recycling centers. The figures for 2023 – the first since the implementation of coercive measures such as the ban on access to professionals by the installation of gates and the limitation of the number of accesses to 12 per year – revealed last summer had stated: 36% less volume compared to 2022. From 410, the average weight of waste collected on the four existing sites (Clisson, Gétigné, Remouillé and La Haye-Fouassière) increased to 261 kg per capita per year.

The 62% less rubble and 38% less green waste prove that we have reached our target. Like the average of 6 visits per year per household, which is half less than the authorized number.

If the reduction is less eloquent, the quantity of household waste collected door to door is part of “best performances at national level with 82 kg/inhabitant/year (instead of 84 in 2022)” assures the mayor of Saint-Fiacre referring to Ademe data.

Sorting performance to improve

Even if enthusiasm must be qualified by the exodus of part of the households from the north of the intercommunality towards the Vertou recycling center (open 7 days a week, without card) and the lack of explanation on the 2,935 households who never take out their trash, the agglomeration wishes move on to your second challenge : achieve an overall waste collection (recycling center, household waste, packaging, glasses) of 380 kg/hab/year by 2030.

We are currently at 443. Which is already very good because the objective of the Agec law (anti-waste for a circular economy) is 476 kg/inhabitant/year for this deadline, has already been exceeded.

For the community, two main avenues to study: continued efforts in recycling centers (the national average is 218 kg/inhabitant/year compared to 261 in the metropolitan area) “in particular by encouraging the shredding of plants in individuals”cited Danièle Gadais as an example; and a better sorting of food leftovers which, according to the environment department, make up another 30% of household waste bags.

This is why we are going to double the number of bio-waste points (editor's note: 7 currently) and we will continue to provide households that can and wish to do so with composters (editor's note: 66%).

From 110 to 130 euros more than in 2020

Despite these good performancethe agglomeration decided to continue its pricing policy in terms of incentive fees, by renewing an increase for 2025. This will be the 6e de suite. With 5% increasethe least complainers will say that it is the most moderate compared to 8% last year, 11% for 2023, 23 to 31% for 2022, 16% for 2021 and 10% for 2020.

In short, when a household of 1 to 3 people (68% of users) paid 118.86 euros in 2020, they will be charged 228.20 euros in 2025 by taking out their 120 liter trash, 6 times a year. And for households of 4 to 6 people (23% of households) paying 157.30 euros in 2020, they will have to pay 282.85 euros if they take out their trash 7 times in 2025. While the intercommunality had chose to switch to the incentive fee, around ten years ago, because the household waste collection tax was considered unfair because penalizing elderly people with big houses, the incentive fee penalizes them just as much today.

Elected officials justify the new increase

This new increase was justified by elected officials “for first maintain a sufficient level of investment »explained Danièle Gadais.

Because almost nothing has been done in recent years. The revenue from the incentive fee was only used to balance this budget, which was watched very closely by state services.

Thus, an envelope of 650,000 euros will be reserved for the renewal of equipment (forklift, vehicles, household waste), another of 390,000 euros for the deployment of new voluntary contribution points in the territory, some of which for bio-waste, and one of 80,000 euros to launch the study concerning the construction of an eco-sorting stop in the Clisson area (replacing the current ones in Gétigné and Clisson).

Facing the evolution of the TGAP (general tax on polluting activities) ordered by the State, which also continues to increase (to pay for landfilling and incineration of waste) was the second reason for elected officials to motivate this increase in fees.

It went from 320,000 euros in 2023 to 407,000 euros in 2025.

Some would have preferred a break

An argument denounced by Yves Mignotte, elected official Clisson who cited a report from the association of mayors of France indicating “a decline in the rates of this TGAP after 2025”. “Not sure”for President Jean-Guy Cornu who advanced “the State’s idea of ​​creating a super-TGAP”.

In any case, this represents an average increase of 76% for intercommunality households in 6 years. I think we could have taken a break this year. Some modest people start to have difficulty paying it every 6 months.

The elected official from Clisson failed to obtain the amount that this recipe would bring in. He received no response during the session.

For his part, Vincent Magré, mayor of La Haye-Fouassièrewas also reluctant to this increase, believing that “to invest, it is also possible to borrow and not self-finance everything ». Elected officials who once again pointed out the disappearance of incentive nature of the fee. In the end, 5 elected officials voted against and 6 abstained out of 47 voters.

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