Overview
- The Castilla y León parliament approved a PP motion asking the national Government to end the requirement that municipalities pass 100% of waste-management costs to residents.
- The resolution urges reforms to allow flexible financing so councils can fund services via budgets or mixed models rather than solely through user charges.
- The package calls for recycling incentives instead of blanket penalties, targeted relief for vulnerable families, a freeze on further tax hikes in this area, and a national circular-economy infrastructure plan without shifting costs to households.
- Vox and UPL–Soria Ya backed the PP motion, as Vox accused the PP of hypocrisy, while PSOE’s Luis Briones argued the obligation derives from an EU directive the PP supported and later enabled in Spain by abstaining.
- Málaga’s mayor, Paco de la Torre, requested a review of Law 7/2022 and greater harmonization of local rates, as the city put its waste fee proposal out for initial public comment and prepared a plenary motion seeking national reform.