Sanitation in Antananarivo remains a major challenge for the urban municipality. The city is breathing a little easier. Mountains of garbage are becoming less visible. "A slight improvement in waste collection is observed. There is no longer a real accumulation of garbage at the moment. It's the same observation, whether in market bins or those in our neighborhood," testified Gabriel Rakotomalala, president of the association of merchants in Anosibe, a district where mountains of garbage frequently formed in the past. Most garbage bins in the 192 fokontany are in the same condition. Trucks reportedly pass regularly to collect waste. The Municipal Sanitation Company (SMA), which handles waste collection from bins and cleaning of small canals, claims a collection rate of 80 to 85%. However, the bins are not completely emptied. In areas far from main traffic routes, garbage continues to accumulate. Residents fear the situation will worsen with the arrival of the rainy season, which coincides with the fruit season that increases waste. The SMA currently collects nearly 1,300 tons of waste per day. This volume could rise to over 2,000 tons per day during the rainy season. No Sanctions Sanitation remains an eternal problem for the city of Antananarivo. The Household Waste Fee (ROM), levied on the Property Tax on Built Properties (IFPB), and the wastewater sanitation fee, levied on Jirama bills, constitute the main sources of financing for Antananarivo's sanitation. However, the tax collection rate remains extremely low. For the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years, only 15% of taxpayers paid their taxes, or 33,000 houses out of 200,000. For the 2023-2024 fiscal years, during the August-September 2026 campaign, only 20 to 25% of owners of the 28,000 houses that had already received a tax notice paid. For the second wave, the municipality will send between 200,000 and 300,000 more tax notices, corresponding to the number of houses in the city. However, a large part of the population refuses to pay this tax. "We paid the IFPB before, but we no longer pay it because we see no development in return for the money we give," testified Denis Raherimalala, an Antananarivo resident. For its part, the Urban Municipality recalls that no development is possible without resources, while ROM constitutes one of its main sources of financing. To date, non-payment of the IFPB has not resulted in any direct sanctions. This low collection rate has direct repercussions on the city's sanitation. Of the 40 trucks the SMA has, only 23 to 25 are operational daily, including 15 to 17 garbage trucks and 8 compactor trucks, according to the Urban Municipality of Antananarivo. The funds collected are insufficient to operate the entire fleet: the SMA needs approximately 2,000 liters of fuel per day, not counting vehicle maintenance costs.