Amposta submits its waste prevention plan for public consultation

The Plenary of the Amposta City Council initially approved the municipality’s Local Plan for Waste Prevention and Reduction on October 26, 2026, and has opened it for public consultation for 30 business days. The agreement is published in the Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona on November 13, 2026 (official reference CVE 2026-10727), signed by the mayor-president, Adam Tomàs i Roiget, on November 11, 2026.

The full text of the Plan, consisting of 192 pages, is attached to the announcement itself, so it can be consulted without leaving the gazette, in addition to the electronic notice board of the Amposta City Council. The reference municipal file is 2463/2026/11, assigned to the Environment area. This is the strategic document intended to reorganize waste prevention and management in the capital of Montsià over the coming years, following a 2024 that saw the historical maximum of waste generated in the municipality.

Thirty business days to submit allegations

The public information period is counted from the day after the last publication of the announcement, whether in the provincial gazette or on the municipal electronic notice board. During this period, any interested person may submit allegations or suggestions. According to the announcement, the enabled channels are:

• The electronic registry of the Amposta City Council.
• Any of the means provided for in Law 39/2015, of October 1, on the common administrative procedure.
• Direct consultation of the document on the electronic notice board, accessible from the municipal electronic office.

Once the deadline has closed and the contributions received have been examined, the Plan will return to the Plenary for final approval. Until then, the document does not have full effect.

More than eleven thousand tons of waste and half in the residual fraction

The diagnosis included in the Plan places the generation of municipal waste in Amposta at 11,855 tons in 2024, the highest value in the historical series, above the average of 10,385 annual tons for the 2010-2023 period. The ratio per inhabitant rose to 524 kg per person per year, far from the 485.5 kg average of the studied period.

The weak point of the current model is the rejection bag: the residual fraction represents around 51% of the total, while selective collection stands at nearly 49%. The document calculates that the system has a treatment cost exceeding one million euros per year and a climate impact of approximately 2,470 tons of CO₂ equivalent per year.

The quantitative objectives set, aligned with PINFRECAT 2035, are:

• Selective collection of 55% in 2028, 60% in 2030, and 65% in 2035.
• Maximum residual fraction of 45% in 2028, 40% in 2030, and 35% in 2035.
• Reduction of 6.4% of the total weight of waste, down to 9,723 tons by 2030.
• Decrease to 1.11 kg per inhabitant per day by 2030, from the current 1.33 kg.

Twenty-six actions until 2030

The Plan structures its actions into 26 actions grouped by waste stream and strategic lines, with a validity horizon of four years, from 2027 to 2030. The files provide for measures such as the fight against food waste, the promotion of home composting, training in sustainable packaging for commerce, the promotion of tap water, the expansion of the reusable cup service, the encouragement of repair and second-hand goods, and the revision of the waste tax ordinance.

According to the document’s own estimates, the application of the set of measures would avoid more than 8,100 tons of waste and nearly 5,710 tons of CO₂ equivalent during the four years of validity. The Plan warns, however, that the actions are recommended and that neither the implementation nor the calendar are binding for the municipality, and it sets two reviews, the first at the end of 2028 or the beginning of 2029 and the second in 2030, with a Monitoring Commission that must meet at least once a year.

Commerce, catering, and large producers

The deployment of the Plan directly affects large waste producers. In 2024, the municipality already implemented door-to-door organic collection in the nuclei of Poble Nou and Eucaliptus, with 15 participating establishments and 63.17 tons collected, an average participation of 68%. The experience resulted in an increase of 104 tons of organic waste in the municipality compared to 2023 and an estimated annual saving of approximately 7,100 euros in treatment.

The document also provides for specific measures to reduce cardboard of commercial origin, with a cost range between 6,500 and 12,000 euros, and calculates a decrease of this waste between 10% and 20%. The management of the system is coordinated with COPATE (Consortium of Environmental Policies of the Terres de l’Ebre) and with the guidelines of the Waste Agency of Catalonia.

For the residents and businesses of Amposta, the period now open is the only window to modify a document that will mark the collection model, local taxation, and separation obligations for the next decade. The starting data is clear: more than half of the municipality’s waste still ends up in the residual fraction.

Source: Official Gazette of the Province of Tarragona, November 13, 2026, section I, pp. 1-192 (official reference: CVE 2026-10727).