Janet Whyte

Since joining the Lot Climate Café and volunteering to research the subject I have drastically reduced what I am putting into the grey bin simply by being able to confidently recycle all packaging and starting to compost again - I've had to start using a smaller bin!! Imagine if we were all able to do that! What and where to recycle: Since 1st January 2023 ALL FORMS OF PACKAGING (Emballage) - yes ALL - should be recycled in the Green Bins along with paper & cardboard. Crisp packets, coffee...

Following on from my previous post about Recycling in the Lot our recent visit to the Recycling Centre was both fascinating and instructive. Apart from seeing the amazing mounds of rubbish waiting to be sorted and the impressive machinery used to sort it, which actually wasn’t working when we got there because the staff had just gone off on their tea break, I think the thing that impressed us all the most was to realise, conscientious as we all are, how much better we could do to reduce the...

Since 2018 the rules on recycling in France have been being simplified. The aim is for the sorting centre to decide what can be recycled rather than the consumer so all packaging should go in the recycling bin, even though not all of it will end up being recycled. Since early 2020 the Lot has had a new recycling centre in Catus. Le Centre de Tri, (trier = to sort, think of the English word 'triage' used in the medical sense where patients are 'sorted' in order of severity of their case),...