LIFEPAYT project intends that each citizen only pay for the waste they throw in the container

“LIFE PAYT” Coimbra Polytechnic Institute leads the development of a system that can reduce the value of the tariff for solid waste management in the water bill. The Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) is developing a project that allows each citizen to pay only the undifferentiated waste they throw away and which reduces the water bill. In a statement released yesterday, the IPC said that the “LIFEPAYT” project, which is in the testing phase, with samples of the population, in Lisbon, Aveiro and Condeixa-a-Nova, has the objective “that citizens pay only what they lay down in the undifferentiated waste container

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Coimbra develops project to reduce tariff for solid waste in water bill

The Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) is developing a project that allows each citizen to pay only the undifferentiated waste they throw away and that reduces the water bill, it was announced today. In a statement sent to the Lusa agency, the IPC said that the “LIFEPAYT“ project, which is in the testing phase, with samples of the population, in Lisbon, Aveiro and Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), aims at “that citizens pay only what you throw into the undifferentiated garbage container and separate more at home to have access to a more just tariff ”. In Lisbon and Condeixa-a-Nova the system applies

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[PORTUGUESE] Projeto prevê reduzir tarifa de resíduos sólidos na fatura da água

O Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC) está a desenvolver um projeto que permite que cada cidadão pague apenas o lixo indiferenciado que deita fora e que reduz o valor da fatura da água, foi hoje anunciado. Em comunicado enviado à agência Lusa, o IPC adianta que o projeto ‘LIFEPAYT’, que está em fase de testes, com amostras da população, em Lisboa, Aveiro e Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), tem como objetivo “que os cidadãos paguem apenas o que deitam no contentor do lixo indiferenciado e separem mais em casa para terem acesso a uma tarifa mais justa”. Em Lisboa e Condeixa-a-Nova o sistema aplica-se

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Condeixa in project to reduce tariff for solid waste in the water bill

The Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (IPC) is developing a project that allows each citizen to pay only the undifferentiated waste they throw away and that reduces the water bill, it was announced today. In a statement sent to the Lusa agency, the IPC said that the “LIFEPAYT” project, which is in the testing phase, with samples of the population, in Lisbon, Aveiro and Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), aims at “that citizens pay only what you throw into the undifferentiated garbage container and separate more at home to have access to a more just tariff ”. In Lisbon and Condeixa-a-Nova the system applies

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Portugal still does very little recycling

It is one of the conclusions from a study that will be presented this Tuesday in Lisbon. Portugal recycles only 26% of its urban waste, a rate that is below the European average of 32%. Hermano Rodrigues, from the company that carried out the study, argues that it is necessary to raise  awareness concerning the importance of waste separation. Original news in TSF Notícias.

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New competition rules for the packaging waste sector will raise questions

The rules introduced at the end of 2016 via Diário da República may have an impact on packaging waste management costs, which will be reflected in the consumer according to Sociedade Ponto Verde. Novo Verde (SPV) indicates that its main concern is the allocation of quantities between the two competitors. Luís Veiga Martins the general director of SPV, in an interview with Lusa agency, said that “the trend that has been happening since the beginning of the SIGRE (Integrated Packaging Waste System), which is an increase in unit costs of selective collection and sorting. At this point, costs should be

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The City of Aveiro joins an European pilot project to improve recycling

The municipality of Aveiro is one of the partners in a new LIFE project, approved by the European Commission in June. According to the municipality, PAYT – Tool to Reduce Waste in Southern Europe, will allow the development of “innovative methods, technologies and actions” with the main objective of waste prevention, reuse, and selective collection, encouraging  the adoption of different practices and financing it. “ Reducing waste from households and commercial sector, increasing recycling rates of packaging waste and demonstrating that PAYT is reliable are among the proposed objectives. This project will be implemented in a pilot zone of Aveiro

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