Up to 561 hryvnias per cubic meter: in Mykolaiv they want to sharply increase the tariff for bulky waste

In Mykolaiv, a draft decision to raise tariffs for the collection and transportation of household waste for KP “Obriy-DKP” has been put on the agenda of the next meeting of the city council’s executive committee. The initiative for the changes is attributed to the enterprise itself, which explains the need to revise the tariffs by the necessity to ensure the proper sanitary condition of the city. If the decision is adopted, the new rates will come into effect on 1 May 2026.

According to the draft, the tariff for mixed household waste is proposed to be raised from 271.81 UAH to 302.64 UAH per cubic meter. For bulky waste, an increase from 444.93 UAH to 561.48 UAH per cubic meter is proposed, and for renovation waste — from 427.74 UAH to 536.77 UAH. Thus, the largest increases are being set for bulky and renovation waste.

The current tariffs for KP “Obriy-DKP” were approved by the executive committee’s decision at the end of December 2024 and have been in effect since 1 January 2025. They currently amount to 271.81 UAH per cubic meter for mixed waste, 444.93 UAH — for bulky waste and 427.74 UAH — for renovation waste.

For comparison, at KP “Mykolaivkomuntrans” lower rates have been in effect since the beginning of 2025: 246.11 UAH per cubic meter for mixed household waste and 277.84 UAH — for both bulky and renovation waste. Against this background, the new tariffs for “Obriy-DKP” look even more painful for consumers.

In practice, this means that the city is again trying to shift the rise in municipal utility costs onto residents. And all this is happening against the background that at the end of March 2026 the city council failed to approve an updated procedure for the operation of the household waste sorting complex — there were not enough votes to adopt the decision at that time, local media report.

Thus, Mykolaiv residents are being asked to pay more even before the city presents a systemic solution for waste, sorting, and the overall approach to waste management. For many, this will look not like an improvement of the service but as yet another price increase without a guarantee of real change.

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• Bins worth millions: Mykolaiv purchased 200 new steel containers
• Scandal over waste sorting in Mykolaiv: deputies rejected it, the mayor complained about “Telegram trash”
• “Ghost company” taking a billion on waste? Worse conditions than others – Kim on waste sorting
• Searches at Mykolaiv City Hall: “ghost” company won a tender for 1.25 billion