A small village betting on Pay-As-You-Throw from day one
Chocholná-Velčice introduced a PAYT system at the end of 2024, the first results will be visible in 2025. The village had mixed waste of 104.77 kg per resident in 2023 and a 52.59% sorting rate. By structuring waste fees around actual output, the municipality is creating the financial incentive structure that makes zero waste behaviour rational for every household, including those that don't yet engage with sorting.
Where
- Chocholná-Velčice, Trenčín Region, Slovakia (approximate pin at village centre)
How to participate
- Chocholná-Velčice residents: familiarise yourself with the new PAYT tariff, sorting more means paying less; contact the village office for guidance
- Slovak municipalities considering PAYT: follow Priatelia Zeme: SPZ for 2025 results data, which will add another data point alongside Košeca's proven outcomes
- Policy advocates: both Košeca and Chocholná-Velčice run sister PAYT pilots, cite them jointly when calling for national PAYT implementation
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- Lead: Municipality of Chocholná-Velčice + Friends of the Earth Slovakia (Priatelia Zeme: SPZ)
- Report chapter: ZWE State of Zero Waste Municipalities, 5th edition