Overview
- Portugalete approved a 45% rise in the garbage fee—about €2.8 more per month per household—alongside a 2.7% general update and a new contract that adds card‑access organic containers within three months.
- Santurtzi’s full opposition bloc voted down the PNV’s proposed 306% waste‑rate increase, which aimed to lift annual revenue from €1.7 million to €5.2 million.
- Ontinyent set a 20% waste‑fee increase for 2026 but will refund that amount on the first 2027 bill to households that meet new recycling use thresholds under a door‑to‑door, chip‑tracked system starting July 1, 2026.
- Teo approved significant rises from 2026 for daily and non‑daily collection—with exemptions for vulnerable households—and shifted business calculations to floor area, while other towns set modest general hikes near 2.7–3% and smaller waste adjustments.
- Barcelona provisionally advanced 2026 ordinances that freeze taxes for families and small firms and raise the tourist surcharge by €1 annually pending parliamentary approval, as Basauri and Galdakao adopted strong IBI measures on empty homes and Valladolid’s provincial council sought suspension of the mandatory national waste fee.