---
title: "Contraloría Approves 15-Year Waste Concession for Capira; Aseo Capital to Start March 1"
date: 2024-02-15
modified: 2026-03-19
author: ""
url: https://panamadaily.news/2024/02/15/capira-15-year-waste-concession/
categories:
  - "Environment"
  - "News"
  - "Politics"
tags:
  - "Aseo Capital"
  - "Capira"
  - "Contraloría"
  - "tasa de aseo"
  - "waste management"
---

# Contraloría Approves 15-Year Waste Concession for Capira; Aseo Capital to Start March 1

## What Happened

The Contraloría General de la República has ratified the administrative concession contract for collection, transport and final disposal of solid waste between the Municipality of Capira and Aseo Capital S.A., a company of Colombian capital. The contract, signed in 2023, will run for 15 years and the firm is scheduled to begin operations on March 1, 2024.

## Key Details of the Contract

Under the concession, Aseo Capital will assume responsibility for collecting solid waste from domestic, commercial, institutional and industrial sources. The company won the administrative concession through a public tender with an offered proposal of $7,958,340.00.

The contract allows the municipality to assign the treatment of solid waste to a third party if deemed necessary. Aseo Capital must present requests to the Municipal Execution Judge (Juez Ejecutor Municipal) to pursue coercive collection measures for delinquent payments of the sanitation fee.

Rates established in the contract set the sanitation fee at B/.18.70 per month for commercial clients, industrial users, health centers and schools, while residential customers will pay B/.6.00 per month. The fee may be collected through electricity or water billing if the municipality coordinates with those service providers; direct billing to the taxpayer remains an option.

Aseo Capital is obligated to pay the Municipality of Capira 3% of the revenues it actually collects from the sanitation fee.

## Background

The concession was formalized in 2023 and has now received the Contraloría’s refrendo (official approval). The arrangement transfers operational responsibility for municipal solid waste services to a private operator for a 15-year period, a model increasingly used across municipalities to manage collection and disposal while seeking private investment and management capacity.

## What This Means

The 15-year term provides a long horizon for Aseo Capital to implement collection systems and for the municipality to secure ongoing waste services and a revenue share. The corridor for collecting fees via utility billing could increase compliance, while the municipality’s retained right to designate a third party for treatment preserves flexibility over disposal arrangements.

Residents and businesses in Capira will see the new fee schedule take effect under the concession; enforcement mechanisms and collection channels are now defined under the approved contract. As Aseo Capital begins operations, residents and local institutions can expect the company to assume day-to-day responsibility for municipal waste management from March 1, 2024.