The move to the incentive fee is approaching. Redon Agglomeration is preparing by distributing, by the end of the year, new bins, which signify the end of the yellow bags.
Why? How?
Why is Redon distributing new bins?
Because the move from the garbage collection tax (TEOM) at the incentive fee (IR) is approaching. Specifically, it will allow a more equitable pricing, because proportional to the service rendered, rather than the rental value of the home. For this, Redon Agglomeration changes its mode of collection.
This will allow him to publish a blank bill from 2019, to raise awareness. The first “real” bill of the incentive fee will be distributed in 2020.
How does the new system work?
For the moment, only the collection service (and not its pricing) is evolving. By the end of the year, residents of Redon will each receive a new bin for garbage, but also a new bin, which replaces the yellow bags. The latter will no longer be used since it will be necessary to put the packages in bulk in the yellow bin.
The size is adapted according to the number of inhabitants: for example, for one person, the gray bin will have a capacity of 120 liters and the yellow of 140 liters. For groups (7 people and more), two bins will make 660 liters.
When will these bins arrive?
The town of Sainte-Marie is the first to receive these new bins. Then, the others will follow. To distribute them, the agglomeration community mandated the ACP society, which recruited about twenty ambassadors (photo).
They will go to several thousand addresses, up to three times, between 11 am and 7:30 pm, Tuesday through Friday, or Saturday, 9 am to 2:30 pm. It will be necessary to make an appointment since, when everyone will be equipped, the old bins and yellow bags will not be collected any more.
Why take ambassadors?
Equipped with a yellow reflective vest and a guide to good practices, they will be able to answer residents’ questions about the new collection. Because it is not that the trash can change, but what can be put in it. Thus, the yellow bin will welcome all packaging, without exception. Including pots, trays and plastic film.
This will lighten the gray trash. “This is the culmination of our work to improve sorting and reduce our impact on the environment, while controlling costs,” says Yvonne Maher, vice president of waste at Redon agglomeration.
And the collection days?
To adapt to the implementation of individual bins, schedules and collection days will be modified to adapt to this new operation. Starting October 1st, a collection calendar will be placed in each mailbox.