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In Finistère, an old landfill under the dunes

2021-03-30T10:38:11.193Z


With bad weather and erosion, an old landfill buried over fifty years ago has been unearthed. Apparent waste and


Car wrecks, scrap metal, nets, cans of all kinds, canned goods, plastic waste ... and even old tombstones!

In the dune section of part of the famous beach of La Torche, in the Bigoudene town of Plomeur, we can recently see the emerged part of an old landfill, probably dating from the 1960s.

A privileged spot for surfers

A heartbreak for lovers of this Natura 2000 area, also a privileged spot for surfers from all over France who even offered to host the 2024 Olympics as part of this discipline.

Fortunately, after a collective reflection, forces were mobilized to begin to clear these vestiges of another time, where the practices related to the environment were not the same.

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This Monday, March 29, the services of the municipality and the Community of municipalities of the South Bigouden Country (CCPBS), in agreement with the Coastal Conservatory, began a first work of collecting the most dangerous apparent waste.

"We think that they were stored here in the 1960s, when, like everywhere else in France, there was not yet an active waste reception center on the territory", explains Jean-Claude Dupré, in charge of the environment and natural spaces at the CCPBS.

“With the advancing sea, global warming, erosion, bad weather, the dune is uncovered and makes them reappear.

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About ten agents therefore came to carry out a first collection operation towards the technical and sorting centers.

“There will undoubtedly be others to come, but we have chosen to collect as we go to preserve the flora and fauna of the dunes, but also the walkers and sportsmen, many of whom roam the surroundings.

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Source: leparis

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