Why a garbage chute is being brewed in new houses. A welded waste chute. Should there be a garbage bin in the house or not: what the law says

Such a common household device as a garbage chute has existed in Moscow for over 60 years, and up to 80% of the capital's houses are equipped with them. However, in recent times in many high-rise buildings, they began to be brewed at the initiative of the residents themselves. The RIAMO correspondent found out how the presence of garbage chutes is combined with the introduction of separate waste collection, and whether Muscovites are ready to give up this good of civilization for the sake of sorting garbage.

From the apartment to the entrance

Garbage chutes appeared in Moscow in the 50s of the last century in connection with the mass multi-storey buildings and the desire to increase the comfort of the population - it became inconvenient for the residents of high-rise buildings to take garbage out into the street. Then they came up with garbage mines to be able to remove garbage from each floor of the building.

According to the press service of the Department of Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement of Moscow, in the capital, the first garbage chutes appeared in 1952 in "stalinkas", and since 1958 they began to be installed in all buildings over 5 floors. Old-time Muscovites still remember the times when garbage chutes were located right in the apartment: the loading valve was mounted in the kitchen near the sewer riser or in the corridor. But still, the trunks of the garbage chutes were mostly located on the staircases. They were made of VT9 grade asbestos-cement pipes.

In houses built after 2002, instead of asbestos-cement pipes, they began to use environmentally friendly three-layer garbage chute trunks made of metal, and they also began to install a special device for cleaning, washing and disinfecting the inner surface of the garbage chute shaft.

According to the press service of the Housing and Utilities Department, as of January 1, 2019, more than 33 thousand apartment buildings (MKD) were equipped with garbage chutes in Moscow, which is more than 80% of the total number of residential buildings.

Why refuse chutes are welded

Today, garbage chutes - once a blessing of city life - are increasingly being brewed at the initiative of the residents themselves as sources of discomfort and unsanitary conditions.

In some new buildings and houses of the secondary fund, general meetings of owners are held and buckets of garbage chutes are welded. The reasons for this are often the following: dirt around the loading valves; unpleasant smell and noise from discarded bottles and other large objects; blockages due to bulky waste, bags with construction waste; the risk of fire; the danger of insects and rodents in the house.

“It happens that a neighbor who does not want to use the service of removing bulky construction and household waste in Moscow will cause a breakdown, which means that it is not possible to use the structure for its intended purpose until the employees of the management company come and correct the situation,” noted in the press service of the capital's housing and communal services department.

Garbage chute is not a hindrance to sorting

As noted in the press service of the Moscow Housing and Utilities Department, the system for handling solid municipal waste (MSW) and cleaning the residential sector does not depend on the presence of in-house garbage chutes and garbage chambers.

“The accumulation of MSW can be carried out different ways, with the use of separate collection and without it, with the presence of in-house infrastructure and without it. In any case, the technological cycle of MSW handling inside an apartment building ends with their accumulation in containers various designs and subsequent transportation to waste management facilities, ”the press service explained to RIAMO.

According to Leonid Khazanov, an engineer-geoecologist, the local authorities are unlikely to agree to weld waste chutes everywhere in the Moscow region, because this would violate the rights of owners.

Khazanov believes that, most likely, during the formation of the RNO system, which was postponed for a year in Moscow, it will coexist with garbage chutes, at least at the initial stage. In the future, proposals for welding garbage chutes can be submitted to general meetings of owners, or it will be proposed to use them only for one type of household waste, for example, organic matter.

So, in a number of European countries, in particular in Germany, where waste sorting has been working for a long time, in multi-storey buildings, garbage chutes have several shafts and loading valves for different types garbage.

“I think it will take us 4-7 years to fully switch to separate waste collection, although perhaps less - it all depends on the choice of regional operators, the size of their fleet, the number of processing plants,” Khazanov added.

According to his calculations, due to the construction of new waste processing plants instead of old landfills, the volume of waste processing in the Moscow region may increase to 60-70%. “In fact, we are talking about creating a real recycling industry in the Moscow region,” he said.

Stone Age or Convenience?

For their part, Muscovites interviewed by RIAMO admitted that they are used to garbage chutes, but it is not so difficult to abandon them.

Anastasia, 45 years old, Metrogorodok area:

“I live in Khrushchev without a garbage chute. I take out the garbage in bags in the trash heap near the house. But there are few garbage dumps in the area, and residents have to go through 3-4 houses to throw out the garbage. This is inconvenient, it would be better if there was a garbage chute in every home. Before that, I lived with a garbage chute for many years, and if the cleaner works normally, then there is no problem.

I think separate garbage collection is very correct, but more agitation and opportunities are needed for this. It seems to me that now it is a profanation. So far, I only separate plastic bottles, for which a separate net has been set.

By the way, back in soviet time there was a separate collection in the city. Waste paper and glass were handed over to special points in the area, and on the site between the 1st and 2nd floors in the five-story building there was a large tank for organic wastewhich was cleaned out every day - and did not smell! In high-rise buildings with garbage chutes, organic bins stood right next to them. This was around the late 1970s, and by the early 1980s they had already disappeared.

So chute and separate collection are quite compatible! But theoretically I'm ready to live without this adaptation. "

Anna, 27 years old, Severnoye Izmailovo district:

“I live in a nine-story building with a garbage chute, and my attitude towards it is ambiguous. On the one hand, it is very convenient, on the other, there are many disadvantages.

Around the chamber of the chute is dirty, the management company does not wash away the splashes well, does not remove small debris. Irresponsible residents stuff huge bags of waste into the receiver, blockages occur. As a result, there is an unpleasant smell and dirt in the entrance, in the summer there are flies, it's good that there are no cockroaches. The management company is obliged to regularly clean the chute shaft, but I strongly doubt they do it.

I still use a garbage chute, especially when I need to quickly get rid of garbage, and I take out large waste to the bins outside. Separately I sort plastic, glass, cardboard - I put them in the Charter's grid.

Welding chutes is an inevitable step, as they are poorly compatible with sorting. Of course, it is possible to agree that only organic matter goes into the garbage chute, but who will make sure that everything is not thrown there?

Yes, there will always be marginal people throwing trash out the window, but if you focus on them, you can get stuck in the Stone Age.

I am personally ready both to abandon the chute and to separate collection. Yes, it will take more time than just throwing the bag into the garbage chute, but it's worth it, and you get used to sorting over time. But people need a powerful educational campaign - social advertisement, leaflets, articles on the Internet and newspapers, posters on the walls of the entrances. "

Natalia, 45 years old, Bogorodskoe district:

“I've always lived with a garbage chute - I'm used to it, I've been spoiled, and I don't see any problems from it. I take out large garbage in street containers, although I would not want to take out all the garbage every day. But if this is inevitable, then you will have to live with a welded garbage chute.

I am ready to sort the garbage and wash the sour cream jar, as in childhood! I try not to buy water in plastic bottles... Even in the USSR, they collected waste paper, and in my office they throw it in tons into a common box. Why? And because there is no paper container next to it! And for the North Ossetia, it is necessary to launch detailed videos, brochures, posters so that people understand how to collect garbage so that it is easier to recycle it. "

Svetlana, 48 years old, Teply Stan:

“There is a garbage chute in my nine-story building. Pros - you can go to throw the trash at any time of the day or night, in your home clothes. I don't see any cons. It is believed that it is unhygienic, breeds mice, rats, cockroaches, but we do not have them in our house. Of course, I use the garbage chute.

I take out large garbage from repairs to garbage cans, which is very dirty and strong-smelling garbage, for example, a sprat can and cat litter, and that's all household waste from the garbage can into the garbage chute. Except that I collect separately: glass, cans, paper, batteries. All this still has to be transported to the Ecocenter of Bitsevsky Park.

I support RNO, but there is garbage that cannot be recycled - it could just be sent to the garbage chute.

If the chute is welded up, it will become less convenient, but it will not be the most critical inconvenience in my life.

It is not at all difficult to get a bag of rubbish out of the bucket and, leaving the house, to throw it into the bin. It's more convenient to have a garbage chute, but we won't die without it. "

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1. Please, how to write a statement to the Criminal Code to weld a garbage chute at the entrance.

1.1. Good afternoon. It is necessary to make a decision of the general meeting of owners of the premises of an apartment building on this matter. You can't force it without it.

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1.2. Hello, Nina Nikolaevna!
An application to the Criminal Code with the requirement to weld the garbage chute is drawn up in any form. State your reasons and requirements ..

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1.3. Hello! State the essence of the problem in free form, justify it, and indicate what you are asking. In this case, it will be better if the application is collective.

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1.4. Hello! In this case, write in any form for this circumstance.
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2. We have welded a garbage chute in a new building, is it legal?

2.1. Hello, to make such a decision, it is necessary to hold a general meeting of the owners of an apartment building. If there was no meeting and the quorum on the issue was not reached, then the actions are illegal. Contact your UK.
Good luck and all the best

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2.2. Good afternoon!
This information should be obtained from your management company, why this happened. You can write a complaint to the housing inspection and the prosecutor's office
Good luck.

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2.3. Good afternoon, Anna! If there are deviations from the project, there is no decision of the owners about their consent to carry out these works, then the actions of the developer are not lawful. You can make a claim and demand the elimination of deficiencies with an indication of the term for their elimination. I advise you to contact lawyers in your personal mail, they will help in solving your problem, suggest ways and means of solving it, compose required documents... You can successfully resolve your issue with legal assistance.
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2.4. The interested person has the right, in the manner prescribed by the legislation on civil proceedings, to apply to the court for the protection of violated or disputed rights, freedoms or legitimate interests. (part 1 of article 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Russian Federation)

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3. In our entrance they welded up a garbage chute, some against it.

3.1. Good evening!
Disposal and use of common property is possible only with the consent of all co-owners.
You should file a complaint with the Prosecutor's Office.

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3.2. Hello, in an apartment building in which a garbage chute is provided, it can be welded on the basis of the decision of the general meeting of owners, adopted in the prescribed manner.
To resolve your issue, you need competent legal assistance. Always happy to help!

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4. We want to weld a garbage chute in the house, there should be votes in favor

4.1. Nobody will allow you to do this, no matter how many votes. Today there are some tenants in the house, tomorrow there will be others and no one has the right to deprive them of the right to use the garbage chute.

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4.2. Hello Love.
A simple majority of votes is enough.
(Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation of 13.08.2006 N 491, Art. 44 and Art. 36 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation).

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5. How many votes do you need to weld a garbage chute? 100% or more than 59%?

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5.2. The quorum is over 50%.

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6. Does the chairman of the condominium have the right to weld a garbage chute?

6.1. Hello. No, without a court decision, or a general meeting, this is not legal.

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6.2. Unfortunately, no! It is necessary that at the meeting this issue was resolved positively by voting and adopted by a majority of votes. Or the residents of the entrance should all write a statement and hand them over to the chairman.
Fight for your rights !!! Good luck to you!

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7. Where to go to weld a garbage chute in a 9-storey building?

7.1. Contact the management company, but since the garbage chute is common property, all issues with its use are resolved at a general meeting of owners

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8. We welded a garbage chute in a 17-storey building, it doesn't suit me. Half of the entrance is not yet occupied. Do they have the right to do so? There was a meeting of those tenants that exist at this time, to be honest, I did not take seriously that they could really do this, so I did not take part in the vote. And now they have welded up a garbage chute, but many tenants are only now calling in. What should I do, I would like to restore the garbage chute?

8.1. Good afternoon! Initiate a tenant meeting and bring the issue up for discussion. If a decision on the restoration of the waste chute is adopted by a majority of votes, the management company will be obliged to restore it.

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9. We welded up a garbage chute. Violating the rights of a disabled person, about accessibility to engineering structures. During the year, they calculate for the maintenance of the garbage chute. The management company does not recalculate. Where to contact?

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10. I wanted to ask if they installed a partition where the sealed garbage chute was, now a neighbor came and said that she wrote a statement to the Criminal Code that it somehow interferes with her, what should I do? How to legalize? Thanks.

10.1. You did not indicate where you installed the partition, in the apartment, on the common land plot and how it interferes with your neighbor. Refine the question, ask again.

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10.2. Hello, since this place is the common property of the owners of an apartment building, it is possible to legalize your use only as a result of a general meeting of owners of an apartment building and obtaining a quorum on this issue. Otherwise, you will have to restore everything to its original state.
Good luck and all the best

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11. At the time of the overhaul, the Criminal Code welded up the garbage chute and now it is also walled up. As the owner of the jelly, I am against it, especially since there is no signature that I was notified of the meeting at which the decision was made by a majority vote. Plus, about hot / cold water meters, they require you to remove them and take them for verification. Counters are 10 years old. And they consider the water consumption not according to the meters, but according to some other norms. They ignore taking readings referring to a malfunction, although the passport contains a 15-year warranty.

11.1. Contact the housing inspectorate and court.

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12. How can we weld a garbage chute in a house belonging to the ZhKO. I heard that if they hold the FIFA World Cup, the city will have to weld up all garbage chutes (the conditions for the championship) and put garbage separating bins.

12.1. You cannot on your own.

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12.2. need to check with the administration

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12.3. In order to weld the garbage chute, you need a decision of the general meeting of owners of MKD premises

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13. Senior on the entrance insists on welding the garbage chute. I am totally against it. How many residents must vote on the decision to weld the chute for it to be legally binding? Should it be a decision of all the tenants of the house, or is it enough for the tenants of the entrance? How can I defend my rights in connection with disagreement in the event of a decision to weld a garbage chute?

Thanks for your answer, Elena.

13.1. The garbage chute is provided for by the project of the house and, for sure, its maintenance is included in the tariff for the maintenance and repair of common property. Therefore, you have not one problem, but two, because. it is necessary to resolve the issue of the conservation of the garbage chute and the exclusion of amounts for its maintenance from the tariff, in addition, there is a garbage chute at each entrance. The question of how to weld (mothball) the garbage chute must be decided at a general meeting and the issue of excluding the amounts for its maintenance from the tariff must be resolved there. It is necessary to invite a representative of the organization involved in the maintenance and repair of common property and collecting money for this meeting.

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14. We have a functioning garbage chute in our house. Because of this, we suffer from stench, mice and rats. They run around the apartments. Most of the residents are 90% against the garbage chute, but the Criminal Code says that there should be 100% of the votes. Only in this case will the garbage chute be welded. Is it legal? And is it possible to weld the garbage chute by contacting Rospotrebnadzor with a statement, attaching the number of votes and referring to the unsanitary conditions in the house. Rats are baited regularly, but these measures do not help!

14.1. Hello! the garbage chute can be welded only by holding a general meeting of MKD owners.

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15. A garbage chute is welded up in the house, on my complaint to the Rospotrebnadzor and to the housing inspectorate they refer to the voting protocol of the owners of residential premises (51 percent for not opening the garbage chute) Can all residents agree not to weld the garbage chute in a multi-storey building? On what basis do tenants decide this issue? (if possible with an indication of articles in the law) Is it entitled to close the garbage chute without the consent of all residents, because it belongs to common property.

15.1. Dear Julia.

The absence of a garbage chute in a building above five floors is possible only if there are other means for removing garbage - otherwise, the dwelling may be deemed unfit for habitation.

According to the Housing Code, it is possible to mothball a garbage chute only with the consent of the tenants-owners. The decision is made by a majority vote - that is, if at least a little more than half of the residents agree to get rid of the garbage chute, utilities have the right to weld it up. You can vote for such a decision in any form - to hold a general meeting, distribute ballots to apartments, or just a collective letter signed by the tenants is enough. Before closing the garbage chute, employees of the PRUE are obliged to clean and disinfect it. And then make a recalculation, that is, do not calculate the money for cleaning it as part of the rent.

With the consent of the residents-owners, the closed garbage chute can be reactivated (in this case, a collective letter is also sufficient).
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16. In our nine-story building, a garbage chute was brewed up, because of the high payment, they asked the tenants that the monthly payment would rise by 200-300 rubles, depending on the squares of the apartment, and the majority voted to brew it, I live on the 9th floor, for me a very big inconvenience, please help.

16.1. There should be a decision by the owners in this regard. If a this decision adopted by a majority of votes according to the RF LC, you can hardly do anything. Contact the board with a statement.

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16.2. Good afternoon!

If at the general meeting of the owners of residential premises, by a majority vote, it was decided to weld the garbage chute, then this is legitimate and must be taken into account.

Good luck.

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17. DD. The garbage chute is constantly clogged up in the same place between the 4th and 5th floors. The reason is the narrowing of the common trunk of the garbage chute. I want to weld a garbage chute. What to do? Can it be recognized as unserviceable? Etc. ...

17.1. Hello Elena Yurievna. You can, of course, weld the chute, but first then you must ensure that there is another chute ...
Perhaps you first need to contact the housing inspectorate for the inaction of the management company.

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18. A garbage chute has been welded in our newly built house for the second year. The Criminal Code responds to requests in this regard that they will boil it up only if we bring them more than 50% of the signatures of the owners. How legitimate is their demand? Do they have the right not to open a garbage chute by law? What regulations and legal norms can force them to open a garbage chute, even if the majority of owners are against it?

18.1. Julia!

Sanitary standards are violated, contact the prosecutor's office

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19. A garbage chute was brewed up in a student dormitory, referring to cockroaches. They said that we live too well. But at the same time, a month earlier, they raised the price of the hostel. It is legal?

19.1. These are two different concepts of the amount of payment for a dormitory and welding a garbage chute.
According to the building design and sanitary requirements, the garbage chute must be, i.e. let it be better to process the premises
the payment for the premises is set by order of the rector, he may not know about the garbage chute at all
file a collective complaint against the person who brewed the garbage can.

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20. At the entrance of the railway there are 28 apartments and a running garbage chute with hordes of cockroaches and rats. Sanitary processing according to the standards of operation is not carried out. In addition to two elderly women who have walking relatives and social workers who come to them, the remaining residents of 28 apartments agree to weld a garbage chute. How to solve this problem legally?

20.1. Since the garbage chute is the common property of homeowners in the house, the procedure for using this property is determined at the general meeting of owners - Art. 44-46 LCD. Get a meeting. by a majority vote, decide to close the MP

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21. Point 12-storey building. ZhEK intends to weld a garbage chute. Is it legal? I live on the 11th floor. The elevator does not work again - it has broken down again. What should be done to prevent this from happening?

21.1. At the end of 2016, the Ministry of Construction issued an order Russian Federation... It came into effect in June 2017. This document introduced a set of rules that changed the current SNiP. He consolidated the requirement to equip all houses 5 stories high and above with garbage chutes.

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21.2. Question - "What should be done to prevent this from happening?"

The answer is to send an application to the municipality, to the housing inspectorate, to Rospotrebnadzor, to the prosecutor's office.

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22. At the entrance of an apartment building, a garbage chute was welded up by decision of the chairman of the condominium. The neighbors began to take out the garbage to the forest area and place it next to the welded chute. What was reported to the chairman of the HOA, she, in turn, did not think for a long time, but smashed the bags with garbage under the doors of the apartments, including mine, but I did not leave this garbage. Where to complain about the actions of the HOA chairman and what kind of fine does she face? My mail [email protected]

22.1. Good afternoon. The chairman is not authorized to make such decisions. Write a complaint to the Housing Inspectorate - he is engaged in arbitrariness (Article 19.1 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation). The use of common house property is carried out only by decision of the general meeting of owners of the premises of an apartment building (Articles 36, 44-46 of the RF LC)

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23. A garbage chute was welded up in our house and a garbage bin was installed in the yard in the green zone, which is taken out once a week. Later, tanks were also placed in the parking lot next to the bunker. Does the management company do everything according to the law? If not, where can we go? They say that the garbage chute should be repaired only at our expense.

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24. The residents of our entrance decided to close and weld up the garbage chute, because there were a lot of rats, mice and fleas in it. We have not used it since June 2014. Are we obligated to pay for the chute?

Let's get acquainted with the waste collection system in apartment buildings. These are the following elements:

• Garbage chute trunk. Long vertical metal or asbestos-cement pipe. She walks through the floors of the building. It is through this pipe that the debris makes its way to the container of the waste collection chamber. Its standard diameter is 400 mm.
• Loading valve. This is a device with a trapdoor where residents on their floor put waste bags.
• Shiber. It can be either straight or oblique. A device at the end of the bin barrel that allows the pipe to be temporarily closed off. Why is this needed? So that the janitor can empty the trash can, and the waste at this time does not enter the chamber. Also, such an overlap is necessary for repairs, maintenance work.
• Support coupling. The element that connects the gate to the waste bin barrel.
• Fire damper. A very important component. If a fire breaks out in the chute shaft, the valve automatically shuts off the pipe, preventing the flame from spreading to the waste collection chamber. Often built into the gate.

• Washing device. Necessary for cleaning the pipe. In addition, in case of fire, it is used as an automatic extinguishing agent.
• Ventilation unit. Located at the top of the garbage chute. Responsible for the hood unpleasant odors... A deflector is built into the unit, which does not let sediment into the barrel.
• Waste collection chamber. The room where the containers are where the waste is received. Usually located on the ground floor or in the basement.
• Container. Waste comes here from the trunk of the garbage bin. Represents trash can on wheels.
• Compactor. The tamping device compresses the debris that falls into the container.
• Quencher. A device that slows down the speed of falling debris. It is it that prevents noise.

Advantages and disadvantages of the device

Waste chutes in residential buildings - evil or one of the useful inventions? Let's take a look at the pros and cons of such devices.

Advantages	disadvantages
Convenience - no need to go outside to throw garbage into a container, which is unpleasant in bad weather and takes time. In addition, such "trips" are difficult for people with limited mobility.	Unsanitary conditions and its sad consequences if there are tenants in the house who are negligent about the device
Saving. Surprisingly, sometimes the fee for using the garbage bin in the house is much lower than the cost of removing solid waste from containers in the local area	Rumble from discarded debris. Especially when residents of the last floors of a high-rise use the garbage chute.
The aesthetic factor. If citizens treat the chute in good faith, then it does not cause inconvenience. What cannot be said about dumpster - the tank spoils the view of the local area, it can become a shelter for homeless animals. The wind, marginals, hooligans are also doing their job, turning these containers in the yard	Unpleasant odor, if waste removal, disinfection of the garbage chute are not carried out on time by utilities
.	Very favorable conditions for the reproduction of rats, mice, cockroaches, and other unpleasant "neighbors"

Let's move on to the next section.

Garbage chute maintenance

Maintenance of a garbage chute in an apartment building is the prerogative of a management company or a firm that has been chosen by a meeting of homeowners to carry out this task.

According to the current legislation, the service includes the following:

1. Daily garbage collection. The schedule for this must include a service contract.
2. Disinfection of the system. Held every month. If the garbage bin is of a new type (equipped with cleaning devices), then every week.

The prescription data on SNiP 42-128-4690-88 (clause 2.2.8) are based.

UK and garbage chutes

If there are any problems with the chute, not because of the negligence of the residents, but precisely through the fault of the management company, then the first thing to do is to solve the problem with its management. Indeed, according to Art. 36 of the Russian Housing Code of the Criminal Code is obliged to service all common building inside-access property, including the garbage collection.

As part of this, an agreement must be concluded with the management company for the maintenance of the waste bin, as well as the removal of household waste that accumulates in the device. If such an agreement exists, then the maintenance of the garbage chute is the prerogative of the management company. By the way, according to the law, the management company is given exactly one day to eliminate malfunctions associated with the device, as well as to eliminate blockages in it.

Rules for using the garbage chute

Purely, as you know, where there is no litter. Therefore, it is enough to follow the simple rules for using a garbage chute in an apartment building so that it does not become a trash heap in the stairwell and a headache for all residents:

• Do not throw bulky waste into the device that could clog it.
• Place garbage in a special bag or other container before sending it to the receiver.
• Do not pour out liquid waste.
• Do not throw burning or smoldering objects that could result in a fire.

Garbage chute and the letter of the law

A number of legal problems are associated with this device due to the fact that there is no single law governing the arrangement, functioning and elimination of this comfort indicator. One of the current SNiPs responsible for the garbage chute in an apartment building is a document adopted on January 31, 2013. But even with it, everything is not completely clear, since it was subjected to a number of revisions:

• In its original form (2011), a waste bin was required in houses specially built for disabled people and retirees. The issue with other residential buildings was on the conscience of the city authorities.
• In the final form (2016) of the SNiP, it is said that a garbage chute is mandatory in homes for disabled people and pensioners above two floors, as well as in other residential buildings more than five floors high.

But even here there is a clarification on the same SNiP. The developer may not install a waste receiver in a residential building if the daily removal of solid waste (municipal solid waste) from containers installed in the local area is organized. It must be said that this alternative is also supported by Rosstandart.

Is it possible to preserve the bin?

If homeowners are against the garbage chute at the entrance, then the problem is solved radically - hatches on all floors are simply welded. The reason is unsanitary conditions, high cost of use, and so on.

However, the procedure for preserving the waste bin at the entrance has a number of nuances:

• Even one tenant can act as an initiator. But his proposal must be supported by at least 1/2 of the homeowners in this house.
• Without the consent of other residents, no one has the right to seek the closure of the hatch, even on their own floor.
• Another important point. Regardless of whether the waste bin will be brewed on one staircase or in the entire entrance, all residents of the house are invited to make a common decision.

How to close a garbage chute?

The problem is solved in the following way:

1. Inclusion of the issue of conservation of the garbage chute in the agenda of the meeting of residents.
2. Each owner must sign for the fact that he was invited to the meeting, that he is aware of the discussed problem.
3. A documentary solution to the issue of introducing an alternative - street containers (a special site was allocated, the tanks themselves were purchased and delivered, an agreement was concluded with the appropriate company for the removal of waste, etc.).

Restoring the garbage bin

The opposite case is also relevant, when the garbage chute becomes again necessary for residents. However, restoring it to work is not an easy process. After all, you will have to clean the pipe, repair or replace hatches damaged by welding. Nevertheless, the management company must meet the needs of the tenants at their request. Otherwise, the problem is resolved through the courts.

For the judicial system to start considering the case, a decision of the homeowners is required, signed by at least half of all residents. As practice shows, the claim is most often satisfied in such cases:

1. The plaintiffs are pensioners and disabled people.
2. The closure of the garbage chute was temporary (for example, during the cosmetic repair of the entrance), but after the completion of the work, its functionality was not restored.
3. Instead of removing the blockage, the UK simply chose to weld the hatches.
4. The procedure for the conservation of the waste container was carried out with violations.

A garbage chute is a useful device if residents follow the rules for using it, and the management company is conscientiously engaged in maintenance. Otherwise, apartment owners may advocate for its conservation.

In Soviet times, living in a house with a garbage chute on the floor was revered for happiness. The ability to dispose of waste without leaving the entrance was considered an additional convenience that the progress of civilization provided. It even got to the point that in some cases the chimney of the garbage chute was led directly into the apartment, so that people did not even need to go out to the staircase.

True, it soon turned out that a garbage chute container in the kitchen or in the hallway was not the best idea. She, of course, flattered Leni, but led to unsanitary conditions in the places where the "window" for the disposal of garbage was located. And the constant rumble of waste that the neighbors throw out from above did not give rest to the owners of this miracle of civilization, who live on the lower floors.

Today in Russia, according to the standards provided for developers, every apartment building erected in our country simply must have a garbage chute. Only now the people are often not happy with this idea. In many new buildings, at tenant meetings, decisions are made to weld “windows” for waste disposal and never use them again.

Why is this decision made? AiF.ru decided to analyze all the pros and cons of modern garbage chutes in order to understand what makes people refuse this blessing of civilization.

pros

Almost any convenience in the entire history of development modern society was a product of human laziness. In order not to run to the well for water, we invented a water supply system, when we got tired of walking, we invented a bicycle, when we were tired of sweeping an apartment with brooms, we invented a vacuum cleaner. So it is with the garbage chute. When a person got tired of running out of the apartment almost every day with a bag full of waste, he found a way to shorten the distance from the door of his home to the place of discharge.

This is how the garbage chute appeared. Consequently, its main plus is convenience. Instead of being in winter time years to put on warm clothes and shoes, wait for an elevator, run 20, or even 100 meters from home to containers with garbage to throw out this unfortunate bag, now you just need to go to the staircase, go to the garbage chute, open the container, throw out the bag , close and go back to your favorite chair in front of the TV.

In many ways, a plus adjacent to "convenience" may be the availability of this method to get rid of garbage. Do not forget that in addition to outright lazy people, it is a real boon for people with limited mobility. These include people with reduced mobility. Now a lot of attention is paid to the creation of a barrier-free environment. So the garbage chute is one of the ways to make their life easier. Also, the garbage chute is often used by elderly people, for whom a regular trip to the container can be a real difficult journey.

Actually, this is where the advantages of the garbage chute end. Further, some disadvantages begin, which more and more often prevail over human laziness, leaving those for whom a garbage chute is almost a physical necessity.

Minuses

One of the main disadvantages of a garbage chute is dirt. Often, the "windows" with containers for garbage disposal are too small and part of the sewage is not dumped into the garbage chute itself, but next to it. No one is in a hurry to clean up after themselves at the "latrine", preferring to leave it to the communal workers. Also in the garbage chute there are often congestions in which waste accumulates. And the garbage bin itself, which is located on the first floor, can hardly be called a clean place.

The third minus is the noise generated by waste flying down at a great speed. Yes, you can hear them differently than in houses where garbage chutes with a conclusion to each apartment are still preserved. But in the rooms located near the passing waste pipe, from time to time you can hear someone from above throwing out another bag of sewage.

Is it possible to weld a garbage chute and how to do it?

What to do if you nevertheless decided to abandon this controversial blessing of civilization, but do not know how to obtain permission to weld all the containers leading to the garbage chute in your entrance, because an individual refusal will not solve the problem.

The decision to "seal" the garbage chute should be taken exclusively by the residents of an apartment building and cannot in any way be imposed by the operating organization or anyone else. If you have a garbage chute in your house, and you and a large number of residents want to refuse to use it, you need to put this issue to a vote during the next meeting of residents. If your initiative finds the support of at least two-thirds of your neighbors, consider that the job is done. All that remains is to send an application for welding "windows" for collecting garbage on the floors in housing and communal services, and they will gladly give up the need to control the daily garbage collection from your entrances, as well as periodic disinfection of the garbage chute itself.

The reverse logic is also true. Often today, when you enter a new building, the garbage chute is welded, and the management organization refuses to start using it. Please be aware that such actions are illegal. To change the situation, it is enough just to vote for "depressurization" of the garbage chute. This requirement must be sent to the organization, which will be obliged to fulfill your decision, taking upon itself not only the obligation to open the "windows", but also to ensure the constant removal of garbage and maintain cleanliness in the chute.

By the way, the procedure for disinfecting the garbage chute should be carried out at least once a month. And they must pick up garbage from the basement every day. Schedule shifts may be due to holidays or weekends. As for complaints, all such issues should be addressed to the State Housing Inspectorate of Moscow. It is she who monitors the correct operation of apartment buildings, including compliance with sanitary standards and rules in this area.

In accordance with Art. 36 of the RF LCD, common property in apartment buildings includes premises that are not part of apartments and are intended to serve more than one room, including inter-apartment staircases, staircases, elevators, elevator and other shafts, corridors, technical floors, attics, basements, in which there are utilities, other equipment serving more than one room in the house (technical basements), as well as roofs that enclose the load-bearing and non-load-bearing structures of the house, mechanical, electrical, sanitary and other equipment located in the house outside or inside the premises and serving more than one room, land plot, on which the house is located, with elements of landscaping and improvement and other objects intended for the maintenance, operation and improvement of the house, located on the specified land plot.

Taking into account the provisions of Part 1 of Art. 36 LC RF, p. 2, p. "D" clause 11 of the Rules for the maintenance of common property in an apartment building, approved by the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 13.08.2006, No. 491, clause 1.8, clause 3.7, clause 5.9 of the Rules and norms for the technical operation of the housing stock, approved by the Resolution of the State Construction Committee RF of 27.09.2003, No. 170, garbage chutes are an integral part of the common property of apartment buildingsas sanitary equipment located in an apartment building.

By virtue of Part 1 of Art. 44 of the RF LCD, the management body of an apartment building is the general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building.

The procedure for holding such a meeting is regulated by Art. 45-48 ZhK RF, namely:

• an extraordinary general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building may be convened at the initiative of any of these owners;
• the general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building is legally competent (has a quorum) if the owners of premises in this building or their representatives who have more than fifty percent of the votes of the total number of votes have taken part in it;
• the owner, on whose initiative a general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building is convened, is obliged to inform the owners of premises in this building about the holding of such a meeting no later than ten days before the date of its holding;
• the notice of holding a general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building must contain: information about the person on whose initiative this meeting is convened; the form of this meeting; date, place, time of this meeting, or in the case of holding this meeting in the form of absentee voting, the deadline for receiving decisions of the owners on issues put to a vote, and the place or address where such decisions should be submitted; the agenda of the meeting; the procedure for familiarization with the information and (or) materials that will be presented at this meeting, and the place or address where they can be viewed;
• decisions of the general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building are drawn up in protocols in the manner established by the general meeting of owners of premises in this building;
• the general meeting of owners of premises in an apartment building is not entitled to make decisions on issues not included in the agenda of this meeting, as well as to change the agenda of this meeting.

For the conservation of the garbage chute, it is necessary to hold a general meeting of the owners of the premises. To make a decision, it is necessary to gain a simple majority of votes of the owners (if there is a quorum).

The general meeting of owners, when deciding on the conservation of refuse chutes, should take into account two important circumstances:

1. Based on clause 2.1.3, clause 2.2, clause 2.2.3 SanPiN 42-128-4690-88. "Sanitary rules for the maintenance of the territories of populated areas", clause 2.13 of SNiP 2.07.01-89 "Urban planning. Planning and development of urban and rural settlements ”and p. 3.7.6. Of the Rules and Norms for the Technical Operation of the Housing Stock, approved by the Resolution of the State Construction Committee of the Russian Federation of September 27, 2003 No. 170, if there is no garbage chute (or it does not work), then a container site must be equipped. The container area should be open, with a waterproof coating (concrete, asphalt) and preferably surrounded by green spaces. The sites for the installation of containers should be removed from residential buildings, children's institutions, sports grounds and from places of recreation of the population at a distance of at least 20 m, but not more than 100 m.That is, before welding a garbage chute, it is necessary to equip a container platform.
2. If a apartment house pays for the maintenance and repair of common property according to the so-called "municipal tariff", then it is different for houses equipped with a garbage chute and for houses not equipped, or with inoperative garbage chutes. That is, after the decision is made to mothball the waste chute, it is necessary to revise the tariff. For example, in Yekaterinburg, the tariffs are as follows:
   

   1.	Houses equipped with elevators and refuse chutes (existing):
   		for 1 sq. m of total area in a separate apartment	for 1 sq. m of living space in a communal apartment
   			greater than or equal to 1.60	less than 1.60 but greater than or equal to 1.40	less than 1.40
   	non-gasified	25,45	40,77	35,65	32,09
   	gasified	25,92	41,51	36,31	32,68
   2.	Houses equipped with elevators, without garbage chutes (or with inoperative garbage chutes):
   	non-gasified	24,68	39,52	34,56	31,11
   	gasified	25,15	40,26	35,22	31,70
   3.	Houses equipped with garbage chutes (existing), not equipped with lifts:
   	non-gasified	20,08	32,17	28,13	25,33
   	gasified	20,55	32,91	28,79	25,92
   4.	Houses not equipped with lifts and refuse chutes:
   	non-gasified	19,31	30,94	27,05	24,35
   	gasified	19,78	31,68	27,71	24,94

3. In order to de-mothball garbage chutes, it is important to observe the following condition: the availability of equipped access roads for the garbage truck to the garbage chambers (with the possibility of turning or driving through the yard).

Note: Currently, in Yekaterinburg and throughout Russia, there is a tendency for owners to refuse to use garbage chutes.

This is due to several reasons:

• the structure of the garbage has changed. Modern trash (and this is mainly packaging) does not fit into the access hatch and the trunk of the garbage chute (which were designed according to GOSTs and SNiPs of Soviet times); the amount of garbage itself has increased significantly;
• low culture of the inhabitants. They try to throw it into the chute christmas trees, boxes from under household appliances and furniture, broken skis and other bulky debris. Sometimes they even throw away liquid household waste (soups, pickles, etc.) that emit an unpleasant odor;
• shortage of personnel. There are fewer and fewer workers willing to service waste chutes for a relatively small fee;
• proper maintenance of a garbage chute requires a certain engineering infrastructure and costs for its maintenance - garbage chambers must be heated, must be supplied with water supply and sewerage for washing the container, the trunk and the garbage chamber itself. It is also necessary to systematically do its disinfection treatment.

The wording for the agenda of the general meeting of owners:

On the conservation (closure) of garbage chutes at the entrances of an apartment building at the address: ……. and the exclusion from the tariff "Maintenance and repair of common property" of the article "Maintenance of the garbage chute" (…. rubles per sq.m.).
About re-entry (opening for use) of garbage chutes at the entrances of an apartment building at the address: ……. and the inclusion in the tariff "Maintenance and repair of common property" of the article "Maintenance of the garbage chute" (…. rubles per sq.m.).

Conservation - carrying out a thorough disinfection of the garbage chute barrel, receiving device, container, garbage chamber (floors, walls), blocking (for welding) the loading valve covers on the floors, de-energizing and blocking the control cabinet for the mechanism for cleaning the barrel ("ruff"), water discharge and installation of plugs on the water supply pipeline for washing the barrel and waste chamber.