Why is the city of Paris so dirty?
This is the question many Parisians are asking themselves according to a survey published by the FIFG on October 10.
Indeed, while 84% of the inhabitants of the capital are unequivocal on the subject, Colombe Brossel, deputy of Anne Hidalgo and in charge of cleanliness at the town hall of Paris, explains in
Le Parisien
on the many dysfunctions that have could be observed.
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At first, if we look at the figures, the agglomeration has 2,500 garbage collectors who roam the city every day, 30,000 garbage cans, 143,600 posts and a million requests processed each year by bulky items.
And yet, some bulky items remain piled up for several days in a row.
“
Today, we remove 3000 bulky items per day.
Two thirds are declared.
A third is not, but we remove them all the same
”, firstly justifies Colombe Brossel on a daily basis.
If it takes 1.4 days to 2 days to remove bulky items, the deputy mayor of Paris reminds residents of the existence of the application "
In my street
", which to date records more than 2 million reports since its launch in 2012. However, Colombe Brossel admits to observing "
sometimes a lack of effectiveness
". This is why “
property managers
” were created last year. Their role ? "
They must go around their neighborhood to spot any malfunctions (a trash can that is overflowing, a puddle of oil on the road ...) and alert the" emergency cleanliness "team,
" she says. If 121 neighborhoods had been announced during the announcement,only 17 have seen the light of day «
recently
".
"The direction of cleaning is still too centralized"
Colombe Roussel at the Parisian
Another existential question for the inhabitants of the capital asked by
Le Parisien
: why, in the same street, the even sidewalk is cleaned and not the one on the odd side? The “
border areas between several arrondissements
”, or even the case of “
major avenues
”: “
The mayors of the arrondissements can tell us where it is necessary that the same agents work
”, says the deputy to the mayor of Paris, admitting that the direction of cleanliness is still "
too centralized
". However, according to her, the sectorization work does not prevent an agent from picking up waste that is not in his sector. If he can't pick it up "
if his bin is full, he reports it to his service,
”she continues.
Mixed yellow and green trash cans
On October 17, the program Zone interdite published an investigation on M6 "
Waste, the great lies of recycling
" where we saw that the yellow bins were emptied in the dumpsters of the general public, those of the green bins.
For Colombe Brossel, this service provider has respected "
neither the contract concluded with the city
", "
nor the moral contract concluded with the inhabitants who are asked to sort the waste
".
It then declares that it is strengthening the checks and sanctions, currently carried out every day by teams that follow the skips randomly.
To finish, the assistant to the town hall returns to the intelligent bins, often overflowed, or the greedy ones, these small machines used by the garbage collectors to clean the streets, which are less visible in the streets of the capital.
No breakdowns concerning the two devices.
But, for smart bins, they are not suitable for neighborhoods with fast food restaurants, such as Les Halles, because the bags clog them.
Concerning the wolverines, "
a big wave of training of the agents
" was made in May and in June.
We should expect to see more of them on the streets.
Regarding the aesthetics of “
the city of light
”, Colombe Roussel replies, fatalist: “
Waste is rarely pretty.
We must also accept this reality
".
