The Lahti Region Waste Board plans to make a decision at its December meeting
The Lahti Region Waste Board is leaning towards centralised tendering for waste transport. This has been a long-standing issue, and although the law primarily obliges municipalities to take care of the transport of separate waste, it has so far been the responsibility of property owners.
After a year of preparation, the time is ripe for a new decision in December.
According to him, there is a clear majority on the waste board in favour of the future decision.
– This is by no means social democracy, but now the market is being pushed to serve the fact that the municipal residents have cheaper waste management fees at a time when everything else is getting more expensive, says Kaitera, a member of the coalition.
Huge differences in bio-waste transport prices
The most expensive prices are in municipalities where residents choose the waste transport company themselves. The price of emptying in different municipalities varies from about a thousand euros to well over a hundred per year.
For example, in Hollola, the one-time emptying of a bio-waste container can be up to four times more expensive than in Hämeenlinna.
Initially, mixed waste is coming under the scope of tenders handled by the municipalities. The time for bio-waste will arrive next year, when the obligation to recycle bio-waste will be extended to all properties with more than five people in urban areas with more than 10,000 inhabitants.
– If at the moment the comparisons show that biowaste collection is significantly more expensive, it is precisely because each individual housing association has tendered the service individually. After all, everyone understands that the competitive power of one housing company alone is not as great as the entire area together, Kaitera acknowledges.
*The jurisdiction of the Lahti regional waste board includes 9 municipalities: Asikkala, Heinola, Hollola, Kärkölä, Lahti, Myrskylä, Orimattila, Padasjoki and Pukkila.*