Recycling
Jan 18th 2019, 12:19 pm
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Recycling
I know this is not an important subject in the light of Brexit etc etc but I am a fairly evangelical recycler and plastic and avoider environmentally damaging things.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Jan 18th 2019, 12:28 pm
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Re: Recycling
I know this is not an important subject in the light of Brexit etc etc but I am a fairly evangelical recycler and plastic and avoider environmentally damaging things.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Jan 18th 2019, 1:03 pm
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Re: Recycling
Thanks for the encouragement. That's exactly what I feel.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Jan 18th 2019, 1:29 pm
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Re: Recycling
Thanks for the encouragement. That's exactly what I feel.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
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Jan 18th 2019, 2:35 pm
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Re: Recycling
Thanks for the encouragement. That's exactly what I feel.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
The LPO sells fabric bags on-line, but I keep a lot of paper bags (from the baker's) in my shopping basket to use for fruit & veg and whenever I come across pulses, lentils, etc... sold in bulk...
Jan 18th 2019, 6:26 pm
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Re: Recycling
Thanks for the encouragement. That's exactly what I feel.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Prompted also by Rosemarie's post, would THESE on Amazon fr be similar to the cotton sacs you have?
Jan 18th 2019, 6:27 pm
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I do too but the supermarkets will not support them. I mostly shop in the local market and just take my paper bags back each week or hand over my basket to be loaded with stuff which doesn;t need to be bagged.
I'm one of those annoying people who will stop at the check out to get rid of any unnecessary plastic. I did it the other day when I bought some Fair Trade towels which were on plastic hangers. The girl at the check out said well done the folk behind didn't . I did say sorry but it was for the planet as they waited with their litres and litres of plastic wrapped bottled water and plastic wrapped ... wait for it.... organic fruit!!.
I'm one of those annoying people who will stop at the check out to get rid of any unnecessary plastic. I did it the other day when I bought some Fair Trade towels which were on plastic hangers. The girl at the check out said well done the folk behind didn't . I did say sorry but it was for the planet as they waited with their litres and litres of plastic wrapped bottled water and plastic wrapped ... wait for it.... organic fruit!!.
Jan 18th 2019, 6:31 pm
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Hi GrannyB,
Prompted also by Rosemarie's post, would THESE on Amazon fr be similar to the cotton sacs you have?
Prompted also by Rosemarie's post, would THESE on Amazon fr be similar to the cotton sacs you have?
Jan 19th 2019, 1:17 am
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Re: Recycling
Thanks for the encouragement. That's exactly what I feel.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
Just as a small example. I have reusable fruit and veggie bags to avoid using supermarket plastic ones. They are mesh so the contents can be seen and they have a place on which to stick the price label. Since I started using them they have been admired so much in shops etc. When people ask where they can be bought I have to say UK because, as far as I can find, they are unknown in France. Our local supermarket supposedly has biodegradable plastic bags, As an experiment, we put a couple on our compost heap. They are still there 18 months later.
I was also quite pleased with the big recycling bins the local Council provides and collects once per fortnight - until the scandal hit the news. The 'recycling' company that had been contracted to sort and separate had just been dumping everything at the rubbish tip
Jan 19th 2019, 1:07 pm
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Single use plastic carrier bags are supposed to be banned in the Luberon Park region. All that some shops and market stalls do is supply ones labelled reusable. It really amuses me when I see, mostly men I have to say, dash into the supermaarket then stagger out again with a carefully piled stack of shopping because they don'e have a bag abd refuse to pay ofr one. I've seen many a damaged item from smashed bottles to squashed gateaux.
Jan 19th 2019, 1:14 pm
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Single use plastic carrier bags are supposed to be banned in the Luberon Park region. All that some shops and market stalls do is supply ones labelled reusable. It really amuses me when I see, mostly men I have to say, dash into the supermaarket then stagger out again with a carefully piled stack of shopping because they don'e have a bag abd refuse to pay ofr one. I've seen many a damaged item from smashed bottles to squashed gateaux.
Banning their use wasn't smooth sailing in Oz, some people were up in arms, abusing the staff and generally making idiots of themselves. Seems to have settled now though.
Jan 19th 2019, 7:19 pm
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Re: Recycling
I know this is not an important subject in the light of Brexit etc etc but I am a fairly evangelical recycler and plastic and avoider environmentally damaging things.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Twenty years ago Vaucluse was rather good at recycling an other environmental measures. Recently however things seem to be going downhill. for example the main decheterie in the area now insists you log in to get an access card whiich is useable only a certain number of times in the year and there is a whole range of things you can't recycle - such as aluminium, other than cans and
I am wondering if others are aware of this as a problem and, if so, what they can do to remedy it? We have the mairie on our side but they need as much support as possible.
Seriously, bloody French people dumping their rubbish in Switzerland???
They'd not make it to one of the two big cantonal decheteries, the number plates would be enough to get them refused entry.
On the bags in supermarket thing, we normally keep a few brown paper bags for veggies, we were running a bit low, and so were delighted to find a supply of the aforementioned cotton sacks just this afternoon.
We're not yet allowed to use our communal decheterie here in Flanders as we still don't yet have our ID cards. We were however allowed to go there and purchase two new wheelie bins (colour coded) for the modest sum of EUR 67.50
