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Nîmes Great Spring Cleaning Event: Free Compost Distribution and Mini-Recycling Centers

It’s an unmissable event in Nîmes: the Great Spring Cleaning is back and will take place during the weekend of March 23 and 24. On this occasion, don’t forget to drop off your bulky items and green waste in the 10 local mini-recycling centers specially opened for the occasion. And always, the bonus: free distribution of compost on 3 sites!

« For Nîmes Métropole, this local operation allows us to strengthen the service to the user and also allows the people of Nîmes to facilitate both the sorting process but also the possibility of getting rid of their bulky items and plants, which will then be recycled. , recall Franck Proust, president of Nîmes Métropole, and Bernard Angelras, deputy vice-president for the environment, waste collection and treatment. “An operation which has become an unmissable, highly anticipated event over the years and which we are renewing over two highly demanded seasons: spring and autumn. ».

A flagship operation carried out by the Waste Collection and Treatment Department (DCTDM) of Nîmes Métropole, Spring Cleaning allows residents each year to deposit their bulky items and green waste in 10 mini-recycling centers open for the occasion on the territory of the City of Nîmes. This year, the mini-recycling centers will be open to the public on Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Not to be missed, a free distribution of compost will take place on 3 sites: Castanet, Route d’Alès and Carrière Rouvin (see address in practical information).

Please note, only green and bulky waste – furniture, household appliances, printers, screens, etc.) will be accepted!
Other waste – notably metals, plaster and rubble – and all household hazardous waste – batteries, oils, ink cartridges, tires, gas bottles, fire extinguishers, asbestos, paint and other chemicals – will be refused by agents . Users will be invited to drop them off at the usual recycling centers (Ancienne Motte, Saint-Césaire and Lauzières).

This special weekend mobilizes more than 40 agents per day: 20 for welcoming users, 10 for guarding the sites, 6 to 10 for transporting skips, 2 for collecting waste electrical and electronic equipment, as well as 2 administrative agents and a team of 4 people for cleaning the sites the following Monday morning.

All used products collected will then be sorted then recycled and valorized by the Agglo’s partner eco-organizations: Ecomaison for furnishings made of wood, plastic, metal (transformation into wood particle panels for example). Ecosystem for household or professional electrical and electronic equipment, supporting the repair and reuse of products and the recycling of materials.

Practical information :
Spring cleaning

Saturday March 23 and Sunday March 24, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Contact DCTDM : 04 66 02 54 54 ou dctdmping[at]nimes-metropolepong.fr

The 10 mini-recycling centers:

  • Chemin de Camplanier (corner with Chemin du Sureau)
    Nearest address: 196, Chemin du Sureau – 30900 Nîmes
  • District Puech du Teil – Parking du Stade
    Nearest address: opposite 36, Rue du Vallon – 30900 Nîmes
  • Calvas district (Chemin Mas du Roulan – Plan de l’Olivier)
    Nearest address: 1895, Chemin du mas de Roulan – 30900 Nîmes
  • Castanet district (Stadium chemin de la Combe des Oiseaux)
    Nearest address: 1342, Chemin de la combe des oiseaux – 30900 Nîmes
  • Courbessac district
    Nearest address: 1, Rue du scarabée – 30000 Nîmes
  • Garrigues Nord district (Chemin des Rondes and Russan)
    Nearest address: 3188, Chemin de Russan – 30900 Nîmes
  • Route d’Alès district (old Anduze road)
    Nearest address: 180, Ancienne route d’Anduze – 30900 Nîmes
  • Russan district (place de l’Ambiance)
    Nearest address: 1336, Chemin de Russan – 30900 Nîmes
  • Career Rouvin
    Nearest address: 482, Chemin des justices nouvelles – 30900 Nîmes
  • Chemin de la Planette (Plan du Feu)
    Nearest address: 942, Chemin de la planette – 30000 Nîmes

2024-02-23 09:31:20
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