Mallorca waste tariffs: MÉS seeks halt to 2026 plan
Mallorca’s planned 10% cut in urban-waste tariffs for 2026 faces a challenge after MÉS per Mallorca called for the approval process to stop. The party lodged a complaint in Palma on Tuesday, 15 September, saying the method used to set the prices must be reviewed first. In July, the Consell de Mallorca initially approved a fall from 114.95 to 103.46 euros per tonne.
MÉS says it does not want to block lower bills for municipalities and citizens. But it argues that the prices should not be signed off while questions remain over Tirme’s concession — its contract to treat waste.
Why MÉS wants a pause
The Consell de Mallorca has announced new legal reports and a broader audit of the Tirme concession before deciding its future. MÉS spokeswoman Catalina Inés Perelló said a deeper audit was needed to establish the contract’s costs, income and profitability.
The party says any new tariff must reflect real costs and use a fully justified method, without relying repeatedly on extra public money. MÉS also cites a General Intervention report which, it says, described the concession’s impact on the institution’s interests as unfavourable, questioned the tariff formula and raised concerns about the operator’s profitability.
€41.4 million set aside for tariffs
Alongside the planned 10% reduction, the Consell approved an extraordinary credit change worth 41.4 million euros to regularise waste-treatment tariffs. According to figures published by the Consell, 38 million euros comes from agreements with the Balearic Government: 25 million euros from a pilot plan to transport waste from Eivissa and 13 million euros from its waste-prevention and management fund.
MÉS says the Consell has mobilised more than 103 million euros since the end of 2023 to contain, subsidise or regularise Tirme’s tariffs. It also says the planned reduction is directly tied to Mallorca receiving waste from Eivissa, with a 50 million-euro Balearic Government grant spread over ten years.
The party says that link makes it more important to clarify the financial model before the 2026 tariffs receive final approval.
Topics: Environment · Politics
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com