three apps more #picking than #saving

Fed up with your messy town and municipal negligence? Twitter account @CleanPaname took the party, to signify the failings of the town hall, to publish images and videos of a capital with streets strewn with rubbish, under the viral hashtag #saccageparis.

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• Participatory collection

Far from controversy, the most discreet GreenR app has a completely different method of clearing up and taking action for the environment everywhere in France, and beyond. When a waste or an unauthorized deposit intrudes on the public highway, any user who cannot immediately pick it up reports it in a few seconds so that it can be taken care of by the community of volunteers. In blue, the places that have not yet been cleaned; in green, those that have been. The app also allows you to organize pick-up outings (or greenwalk). About twenty “Waste spots” are mentioned, addresses and photos in the key, if only in intramural Paris. So, a tweet? Or rather, as GreenR suggests, “A bag, gloves and a pinch of good humor”?

Free GreenR app, for iOS and Android. linktr.ee/GreenR

Waste GPS

Every second, 250 kg of plastic waste reaches the oceans and 137,000 cigarette butts are thrown on the ground. With the Hoali app, rather than being dumped anywhere, waste can be dropped off at the right location for collection, and recycling potential is required.

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For each town in France, filled in using its postal code or by geolocation, Hoali draws up a map of collection locations that the user can select using filters according to his needs and easily view using the using different colored bin icons: gray for the textile terminals, green for the green waste bins, brown for the composters and black for the recycling centers. An existing public collection site is not listed? Add it in a few clicks. Finally, if you don’t know where to put a repairable piece of furniture, an aluminum container, intact glass objects or a printer cartridge, follow the guide to find the ideal collection point.

Free Hoali app, for iOS and Android. hoali.green/home

Sorting for Dummies

To throw in the household garbage or to sort? In which collection point or bin with a yellow, green or brown cover should I put this old DVD, a used anorak or this tin can? If there is the slightest doubt, the Sorting Guide app from Citéo, a private company specializing in recycling, created by companies in the mass consumption and distribution sector, dispels it. To make sorting easier on a daily basis, nothing really rocket science: all you have to do is enter the name of the packaging, product or object in question, or find it according to its category (maintenance, drinks, medicines, products). dangerous …) to find out the sorting instructions concerning it, associated with the nearest collection point.

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