Zero Tolerance Waste Sorting: A Close Look at Defective Trash Bags in Arlon

2023-09-24 15:35:00

It’s a zero point! In 20 minutes, 100% of bags defective. Five stops, five bad sorts!

We got into the Idélux Environnement car with the quality controllers in Waltzing, in the commune of Arlon. And that is: zero tolerance! The trash cans will not be shipped if sorting is not properly respected. The survey shows that there are many efforts to be made.

Around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, the two men opened the trash bags. From the first stop, bingo! It does not go well ! To be honest, not a big mistake: a pot of yogurt and a small tretrabrick in the residual gray bag.

William Guiot first inspected the biodegradable bag. It was perfect. Then palpation of the gray bag revealed plastic. And no luck, that was the case.

“Mea culpa de la dame”

The lady who didn’t sort it perfectly leaves the house. Not super happy to feel caught out. “I know it, it’s a mistake”, pleads guilty, the Arlonaise.

The two employees immediately put her at ease. They are not there to draw up a report. “There is nothing very serious,” reassures Quentin Bastin. This discussion leads to an educational component: “Where does the paper packaging of the bread go?” asks the citizen. We learn that it goes in the biodegradable bag. “We were able to give you the information, that’s the main thing. Madame is still a good student!” jokes the controller.

Since September 15, the intercommunal company has been taking to the streets of the province for its Waste Marathon. And so, everything is scrutinized. Frankly, there is room to do much better!

As proof in the second step, once more, this time we discover flower pots in the gray bag. They should end up in the blue bag. At the next house: shower gel and plastics which should go to the PMC. William takes out his red bomb. A cross on the bag which will remain on the side of the road, the garbage collectors will not take it. Annoyance, some people in apartments don’t always bring the bag in, not nice for the neighborhood.

At the next house, it’s almost bad will. Plastic galore! Without playing the moralist, these residents are not playing the game. “As for the neighbor across the street, the gray bag contains a plastic box filled with uneaten éclairs.

Each time, the house number is encoded, the duo-bin scanned, a photo taken. The information is sent to the municipality which will send a letter. No fine for this type of control.

After half an hour, we say to ourselves that there is a little discouraging side for the two men and that control has every reason to exist. Less prosaic, but for the road Antoine de Saint-Éxupéry resonates in our heads: “We do not inherit the land of our ancestors, we borrow it from our children”.

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