„Sofia will have a new tax, but in general there is no readiness in Bulgaria to switch to the new calculation of the household waste fee, and I hope that the parliament will make the right decisions and make corrections. This is not only Sofia's problem. Just being the biggest city has a lot of residents. This is a national problem, which was thus brought to the fore by the National Association of Municipalities in Bulgaria. Precisely so that there is a balance and there is no great aggravation for the citizens, we hope that this one-year postponement will help us all to make the system the best possible and that the citizens of Sofia will not feel a sharp rise, a very sharp rise in the household waste fee “.
This was explained by the Mayor of Sofia, Vasil Terziev, to bTV. He commented on the ideas for a new calculation of the garbage fee.
Under the new scheme, we will have to pay a garbage fee for quantity, not for square footage.
Its introduction was postponed by a year. The reason for the postponement of the “polluter pays” is that the institutions are not ready for the change.
Mayor Terziev joined the campaign “Let's clean Bulgaria together“: “Our main goal is the cleanliness of the city. That is why we have placed many new buckets in more convenient places. I urge people not to throw garbage into the river.“