Municipal waste collection fee

The municipal collection fee for waste generated in private households is a municipal tax conceived to encourage the proper management of household waste that is generated in the city of Barcelona. This fee has been in place since 1 July 2020, and the proceeds will be used to improve the public household waste collection service.

The purpose of this municipal fee is to improve waste treatment, increase selective collection and reduce emissions in accordance with European Directive 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council and the Metropolitan Programme for the Prevention and Management of Municipal Resources and Waste. In the metropolitan area as a whole, this fee has already been introduced in 23 out of 36 municipalities.

760,000 homes in Barcelona are fitted with domestic water meters. Of these, 12,500 are exempt from paying the fee under Law 24/2015 on urgent measures for addressing the housing emergency and energy poverty or vulnerability. Roughly 557,000 homes, or 73.3% of the total, pay between €27 and €51 per year, which is equivalent to €2.25 to €4.25 per month.

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  • The amounts payable will depend on the water consumption band of each household, which is based on the nominal flow and consumption bands set forth in the Integral Water Cycle Metropolitan Service Regulations. This fee is annual and is payable pro rata on a bi-monthly or quarterly basis, depending on the frequency of billing by the supply company.

  • Exempt from the payment of this fee are those people who hold domestic drinking water supply contracts who are in a situation of residential exclusion, in accordance with the provisions set forth in Law 24/2015, on urgent measures for addressing the housing emergency and energy poverty or vulnerability, and provided that the competent municipal services issue a report accrediting said situation of residential exclusion or vulnerability.

    • A reduction for those people who have been acknowledged the right to special billing for the drinking water supply service for households containing the number of people specified in the Integral Water Cycle Metropolitan Service Regulations. The fee payable will be reduced by 5% for each additional household member.
    • A 5% reduction for each person registered at the address of the water supply contract who has a recognised degree of disability of 75% or more.
    • Reductions of up to 14% on the fee payable for those who use the city's Green Point user card at both fixed and mobile Green Points. The reduction in this fee is progressive, ranging from 1% for two uses of Green Points a year to 14% for 15 or more uses per year.

  • The Metropolitan Waste Treatment Fee (TMTR) is an environmental tax that is collected and managed by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). This fee is intended for the proper management of domestic and commercial waste generated in the municipalities of the Barcelona metropolitan area (AMB) and helps to finance the treatment of waste collected by these municipalities in the eco-parks and in the triage, composting and recycling plants for all categories of waste (paper/cardboard, metal, plastic and light packaging, organic matter and other waste), where the necessary processes are carried out to recover them as new resources or to obtain energy.

  • Consult the Municipal Waste Collection Service Fee Ordinance in the Official Bulletin of the Barcelona Province.

  • Es pot contactar amb l’Oficina d’atenció al contribuent de la taxa de recollida de residus domèstics a través del telèfon 93 217 55 10, enviant un correu electrònic a l’adreça trdbcn@siresa.cat o presencialment, amb cita prèvia, al carrer de la Pau, 3-5 de Sant Adrià de Besòs.