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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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Polytechnic of Coimbra develops 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. IPC says that the “LIFEPAYT” project, which is in the testing phase, with samples of the population, in Lisbon, Aveiro and Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), aims to “make citizens pay only what they put in the container undifferentiated waste and separate more at home to have access to a fairer rate ”. In Lisbon and Condeixa-a-Nova the system applies to commercial producers and, in Aveiro, to domestic waste. “The

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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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New recyclable containers to increase recycling and preserve the environment

The municipality of Condeixa-a-Nova has been reinforcing the number of recyclables containers in places of greater population concentration, having installed, in the second half of 2018, another 31 equipments in order to increase the volume and quantity of multimaterial recycling. With this reinforcement, the population of the municipality of Condeixa will benefit from an increase in the containerization capacity for selective disposal and improve the level of accessibility to this equipment. The locations of the new location points resulted from a previous study prepared by the Division of Environment and Urban Services of the municipality. “In addition to improving people’s

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LIFE Program supports 3 innovative Portuguese projects in Environment and Climate Action

European Commission has approved an investment package of 222.7 million €, to support Europe’s transition to a more sustainable and low-carbon future, support that comes from the LIFE Program for the Environment and Climate Action. In Portugal, three projects were contemplated, with a global financing of 7.3 million euros. EU funding will encourage additional investments, totaling  398.6 million € to be applied to 144 new projects in 23 Member States. It will be allocated 323.5 million € to projects in the fields of Environment and Resource Efficiency, Nature and Biodiversity, as well as Environmental Governance and Information. In Portugal, the

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Approved LIFE PAYT Project Consortium which includes the City Council of Aveiro

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The LIFE project, submitted to “call 2015” the area of ​​Environment and Resource Efficiency, approved by the European Commission in June 2016, called “PAYT – Tool to Reduce Waste in Southern Europe”, aims to change strategies, overcoming obstacles and contribute to transform the opinions of decision-makers (local elected officials, technical staff) and eliminate misconceptions about PAYT (Pay-As-You-Throw). Local authorities will be exposed to innovative methods (in this southern part of Europe), technologies and actions, with the main objective of waste prevention, reuse and selective collection, encouraging them to adopt different practices and to finance them. LIFE PAYT has four main

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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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