The government has just made a decision that will revolutionize our daily management of food waste. From December 31, 2023the sorting of food waste will be generalized for all households in France.
Sorting of bio-waste becomes mandatory
From January 1, 2024, sorting bio-waste at source becomes a legal obligation for individuals, in accordance with the law of February 2020. Bio-waste, which represents approximately 30% of the content of our bins, includes food waste and garbage. greens.
This organic waste will now be agronomically valorized by methods such as composting, spreading or methanization, instead of being incinerated or buried as before.
How to sort your bio-waste?
To facilitate the sorting of bio-waste at source, individuals will have to use bio-buckets made available by local authorities. These must in fact implement effective solutions for the separate collection of bio-waste.
L’Ademe grants them an envelope of 100 million euros. The Economic Recovery Plan also provides financial support to develop these initiatives.
The options for food waste collection are:
Preference is given to composting solutions because of their simplicity and low cost.
Obligations already in force for professionals
If this obligation to sort biowaste is new for individuals, it has already existed since 2012 for many professionals such as those in the following sectors:
- Green spaces.
- Grande distribution.
- Food industry.
- Catering (canteens, restaurants, markets, etc.).
They are required to sort and recycle their own organic waste.
10 million tonnes of bio-waste per year
It is estimated to around ten million tonnes the quantity of food waste produced each year in France. Hence the importance of their recovery through selective sorting and composting in particular.
Source sorting will thus be extended to all waste producers, including administrations and small professional producers.
Challenges to overcome
However, the effective implementation of this large-scale environmental measure is experiencing delays. Financing remains a major challenge for its completion within the set deadlines.
Public authorities will have to redouble their efforts to meet this challenge and involve all citizens in this essential ecological approach. The success of sorting biowaste will depend on everyone’s commitment.
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