The waste treatment company Derichebourg "
stops " an "
emergency health collection
" service
that it has been carrying out at the request of the Paris town hall since the beginning of the garbage collectors' strike on March 5 after threats from striking employees.
"
Striking employees from the city of Paris and Syctom threatened to block the entrances and exits of our Charenton site if we continued the health collection, which is legal and contractual
", explained Wednesday to AFP Thomas Derichebourg, president of Derichebourg Environment.
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"
We have had to intervene partially in the districts on strike, at the request of our client the City of Paris, to collect waste in certain targeted places in order to avoid any pathogenic risk, such as in front of nurseries", he said
. he recalled.
"
But we have taken the decision to continue only the waste collections that we provide daily in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 10th and 18th arrondissements
", indicated Thomas Derichebourg, specifying that "
none
" of the employees of his company is on strike.
Precise points specifically “designated by the town hall”
“
It was not a requisition, nor a minimum service
”, but a collection of waste piled up in specific points, considered “
sensitive
” for public health and specifically “
designated by the town hall
” , he specified.
In Paris, half of the collection of household waste is provided by the Paris City Authority and the other half by private service providers.
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Derichebourg is the first private player, covering the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 10th and 18th arrondissements.
Sépur covers the 13th arrondissement, Urbasser the 11th and 19th and Pizzorno the 15th.
"
I hope that the movement will soon stop, 1,000 tons of waste a day are deposited in the streets of Paris, a more than unprecedented experience that I have never known
," added Thomas Derichebourg.