French trash cans are still too full, warns the Court of Auditors

The volume of household waste is falling too slowly to meet environmental targets, the Court of Auditors warned on Tuesday, criticizing plastic recycling

compared to European neighbors,

public management and

data .

From 582 kg per inhabitant in 2019 and almost stable above the European average over the last decade, France aims to reduce waste production to 501 kg by 2030 – a 15% drop in 20 years which will not be reached

, warns the Court.

Progress remains to be made

while 80% of the 249 kg per inhabitant of garbage thrown in the

bin could be valued

, notes the report.

The municipal waste recycling rate reached 44% in 2018, slightly below the European average (47%), while the target of 55% was set for 2020, and far from the 67% in Germany.

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Planned from 2024 and currently

, the sorting of bio-waste – a third of non-recycled garbage – is

.

The generalization of the

" for all plastic waste, planned for the end of 2022, only reached 62% in the territory at the end of 2021. Among the various recommended levers, the extension of incentive pricing, which provides that households no longer pay collection costs according to the value of their accommodation but to the volume of garbage produced.

This taxation

but has only been implemented for just 6 million people today, falling short of the 2020 target of 15 million.

12% of waste produced is household

The State should finance 80% of the cost of its implementation by local authorities, recommends the Court.

And, where tourism generates a surplus of waste, a

could finance the prevention and management of waste, according to the principle of

.

In total, household waste represents 12% of waste produced in France, but mobilizes 61.5% of expenditure, or nearly 16 billion euros due to the vast collection and treatment needs.

Too little money is however allocated to prevention, regrets the Court.

The high court also notes

with indicators

from

.

It recommends setting up a

with six key figures published each year.