The new yellow and grey recyclable waste containers are usuable from june 1st in Angers. Ten thousands have yet been distributed to the people and will replace the former plastic yellow bags. The containers capacity vary from 140 to 240 litres according to the size of the family.
All the wastes they contain will be sorted in a new plant outside the city. The change aims at limiting the cost of the collect and at starting an evolution in the behaviour of Angers'people regarding the wastes they produce. But the rythm of waste collects is not easy to follow (one week out of two).
A leaflet on wastes published by the city indicates each inhabitant produced, in 2006, 243 kilos of domestic wastes and 71 kilos of recyclable wastes. Since the implementation of recyclable wastes collect, these have increased up to 17% while domestic waste have decreased. What is at stake is for sure ecology, but may be money, for the city and for the taxpayer. Before the new containers 13 team of garbage collectors were necessary, 11 will be sufficient from now.
But the townhall is cautious pointing out that the earnings will only "slow down the increase of household waste collection tax" told Gilles Mahe, deputy mayor for environment. The opposition in the city council, through Laurent Gérault, criticized the measure : "How townhall can charge more and clear away less?"
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