Val-d'Oise's green brigade has collected 900 m3 of waste, the equivalent of an Olympic swimming pool, along the 1,100 km of departmental roads. The second brigade brings together eight RSA (active solidarity income) recipients who have signed a one-year renewable PEC (Skills Employment Program) contract.

“We feel useful, because we work to preserve green spaces,” breathes Francisco, from Sarcelles. ‘I have a role in society,’ breathes the fifty-year-old (59 years old)