From January 1, 2024, all French people must have an organic waste sorting solution. Each household must therefore have a bio-waste sorting bin.
A new eco-responsible habit will soon be adopted. From January 1, 2024, every French household must have a compost bin available, in accordance with the 2020 law relating to the fight against waste for a circular economy. Local authorities therefore have two months to find solutions for sorting biowaste For individuals and professionals. To do this, they are financially aided by the Green Fund, to the tune of 2 billion euros. Among the biowaste we find “non-hazardous biodegradable waste from gardens or parks, food or kitchen waste from households, offices, restaurants, wholesale trade, canteens, etc.”
Concretely, it will be possible to put the peelings And leftover fruits and vegetablesTHE mark and the coffee filtersas well as tea bags and D’infusionTHE stale bread and the eggshells in the composter for example. Garden waste such as dead leavesTHE weedsthere pruning a hedgeTHE algaeTHE small branchesTHE barksthere old earth can also be placed in this sorting bin. Certain non-food household waste such as napkins And handkerchiefs in paper, the paper towelthere sawdust and the shavings untreated can also be thrown into this composter. However, it is not recommended to throw away leftover meat, fish or dairy products, or only in small quantities.
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A saving of more than 800,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases
In France, each resident throws away on average 83 kilos of bio-waste per year. According to the Ministry of Ecology, “in France, food losses and waste represent 10 million tonnes of products per year, i.e. a commercial value estimated at 16 billion euros”. The provision of a bio-waste sorting bin should make it possible to “reduce the carbon footprint, produce biogas and improve the agronomic quality of soils by providing organic fertilizers to farmers or green space managers”. According to the Ecological Transition Agency (ADEME), this new sorting system could make it possible to a saving of more than 800,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.
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