{"id":5064,"date":"2025-09-09T20:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tervuren-unie.be\/diftar-in-tervuren-an-unfair-costly-and-visionless-reform\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T20:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T18:39:40","slug":"diftar-in-tervuren-an-unfair-costly-and-visionless-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tervuren-unie.be\/en\/diftar-in-tervuren-an-unfair-costly-and-visionless-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"adn ads\" data-message-id=\"#msg-a:r1884698988786810237\" data-legacy-message-id=\"1991574f6b271678\">\n<div class=\"gs\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div id=\":1u6\" class=\"ii gt\">\n<div id=\":1u5\" class=\"a3s aiL \" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Message body\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<h1>Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform<\/h1>\n<p>On August 28, 2025, the Tervuren municipal council approved the implementation of the <strong>Diftar system based on weight<\/strong> for household waste collection. From 2026, each household will have to present its waste in a container equipped with a chip and a weighing system. The bill will no longer be calculated based on the number of bags purchased, but on the exact weight of residual and organic (GFT) waste presented for collection.  <\/p>\n<p>The majority presented this reform as an &#8220;inevitable progress&#8221; and a &#8220;responsible ecological choice.&#8221; However, the reality is quite different: <strong>the project was adopted hastily, without a solid business case, without transparency regarding its actual cost, and against the opinion of part of the majority itself.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Promises put forward by the college<\/h2>\n<p>Supporters of Diftar put forward several arguments that deserve to be recalled before confronting them with reality:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reduction of tonnage<\/strong>: elsewhere in Flanders, switching to a weight-based system would have led to a 20\u201330% reduction in residual waste volume.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Polluter pays:<\/strong> each household pays according to what it throws away, which seems fairer than the current volume-based system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cleaner streets:<\/strong> no more bags torn by animals; containers would limit nuisances and disorder.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Management data:<\/strong> the system would provide detailed figures to improve the municipality\u2019s waste plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, these arguments are insufficient to conceal the enormous weaknesses of the project as decided in Tervuren.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>A bill that explodes for households<\/h2>\n<p>Today, a family of five producing approximately 30 bags of 60 liters per year pays<strong> \u20ac51<\/strong>. Under Diftar, the same family, maintaining its current habits, will pay <strong>\u20ac232<\/strong>, or <strong>4.6 times more<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Even assuming a reduction in tonnage (from 130 kg to 90 kg per person), the annual bill would remain <strong>\u20ac169<\/strong>, more than <strong>three times the current amount<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Majority officials dare to claim that \u201cthose who sort better will pay less.\u201d This is false. In the best-case scenario, the bill will triple; in the worst, it will quintuple. The official discourse is a clumsy way of disguising a disguised tax increase.    <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Less service, more constraints<\/h2>\n<p>Paying more for less: this is what Diftar means for Tervuren residents.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The collection <strong>frequency will be halved<\/strong>: once every two weeks instead of once a week.<\/li>\n<li>Residents of the town center will no longer have door-to-door collection; they will have to travel to underground containers. For elderly people or large families, this will be a heavy and unfair burden. <\/li>\n<li>Businesses, too, will have to adapt without any specific solution being provided.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The consequence is clear: <strong>households will pay much more for a service provided half as frequently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Known and minimized risks<\/h2>\n<p>Many municipalities that have already implemented Diftar face problems that Tervuren pretends to ignore:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Littering:<\/strong> illegal dumping increases when disposal becomes too expensive.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fraud:<\/strong> bags are placed in neighbors\u2019 containers, easily identifiable by the address linked to the chip.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vandalized or stolen containers:<\/strong> each household will need to store a large, vulnerable bin. If the container is damaged or stolen, the households will once again foot the bill. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Bad odors and pests:<\/strong> waste, especially organic, will ferment for two weeks before collection.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Broken underground containers:<\/strong> when a collection point is out of service, residents have no alternative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These risks are not hypothetical; they are documented elsewhere.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>A divided majority, an unprecedented fact<\/h2>\n<p>During the vote on August 28, the N-VA, despite being part of the majority, expressed its disagreement. Its elected officials criticized the rising costs, the loss of service, and the system\u2019s inefficiency. The result: <strong>a divided vote<\/strong>, with some N-VA members abstaining and others voting \u201cout of loyalty,\u201d without hiding their discomfort.  <\/p>\n<p>This is an unprecedented political fact: the majority has never before split over such an important issue. The reform was therefore adopted, but in a tense atmosphere and without consensus. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>The blind spot: the total absence of a business case<\/h2>\n<p>Perhaps the most worrying point is this: <strong>the municipality embarked on this reform without any knowledge of its overall financial impact.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today, Tervuren pays <strong>\u20ac2.8 million per year to Interrand<\/strong> for waste collection and treatment. During the debate, councilors asked how much would be saved by switching to Diftar. The college\u2019s response was telling:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No estimate is available.<\/li>\n<li>No financial simulation has been provided.<\/li>\n<li>The college admits that in<strong> the first years, the municipal bill will remain the same.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short: <strong>municipal costs remain constant, while household costs skyrocket.<\/strong> The result: a double burden, with no guarantee of future savings. <\/p>\n<p>Geoffroy de Visscher summarized it as follows: \u201cWe are embarking on a radical reform that disrupts the daily life of every citizen, without knowing whether it will yield anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The N-VA added that even in the long term, the system is structurally more expensive: trucks are costlier, collection is slower, and staff must handle each bin. The promise of cost reduction for the municipality is therefore illusory. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>A blatant fiscal injustice<\/h2>\n<p>Diftar places <strong>85% of costs on households<\/strong> via fees, compared with only <strong>15% financed from general tax revenues.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet waste collection is a basic municipal responsibility, which should be funded collectively rather than transformed into an indiscriminate \u201cper-kilo tax.\u201d This system is profoundly unfair: a modest family will pay the same per kilo as a wealthy one. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Ignored alternatives<\/h2>\n<p>For years, Tervuren Unie has advocated a reassessment of the partnership with Interrand. Other avenues exist: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Interza<\/strong> (Zaventem, Wezembeek-Oppem): controlled costs, citizen satisfaction, flexible service.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bruxelles-Propret\u00e9:<\/strong> experienced public operator managing the capital and capable of offering tailored solutions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Private operators <\/strong>such as <strong>Veolia<\/strong> or Van <strong>Gansewinkel<\/strong>, capable of providing competitive and innovative solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>None of these options has ever been seriously studied. The current majority, like the previous one, has locked itself into a dependence on Interrand, accepting its choices without debate and refusing any competition. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Conclusion: an imposed reform, not a fatality<\/h2>\n<p>The Diftar system in Tervuren is not an ecological necessity, but <strong>an opaque and poorly prepared political choice.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For citizens: an explosion in bills, reduced service, new constraints, and risks of fraud and littering.<\/li>\n<li>For the municipality: constant costs, no savings plan, and increased dependence on Interrand.<\/li>\n<li>For the majority: internal division revealed to the public, reflecting discomfort with a reform rejected by a large part of the population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tervuren Unie will continue to inform citizens and denounce this unfair policy. We advocate for a waste management system that is fair, transparent, competitive, and genuinely serves Tervuren households. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform On  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-municipal-council","category-municipal-information"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform - Tervuren Unie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Diftar system in Tervuren is not an ecological necessity, but an opaque and poorly prepared political choice.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tervuren-unie.be\/en\/diftar-in-tervuren-an-unfair-costly-and-visionless-reform\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Diftar in Tervuren: an unfair, costly, and visionless reform - 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