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This map lists all the food waste collection points in Paris

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Since the beginning of 2024, recycling bins for food waste have been placed all around the capital. No more excuses for not recycling properly!

Maybe you already knew this, or maybe this article is going to revolutionize the way you sort your waste. You just cooked a delicious dish full of vegetables, and as usual, you're about to toss the peels straight into the regular trash can. Big mistake! Since January 1, 2024, sorting organic waste has become mandatory across France with the AGEC law. Throughout this year, sorting bins have popped up all over the capital. Wherever you live in Paris, there’s definitely a sorting bin just three minutes away from you!


All food waste can be thrown here

To help you out, the City of Paris has created a map listing all the collection points in the capital. What can you put in these bins? All food waste: peels, eggshells, meal leftovers, as well as expired food taken out of their packaging. You can throw them in loose or in a compostable bag or kraft paper. Plastic is, of course, banned from these sorting bins. These dedicated food waste modules are available 24/7 and complement the Trilib' for recycling glass, plastic, metal, cardboard, and clothing. 


Recycling Food Waste 

These sorting bins are emptied several times a week, with the waste collected and then transformed into biogas used to power buses and garbage trucks in the capital. The leftovers are used as fertilizer by farmers. On average, each resident produces 75 kg of waste, of which 25% is food waste. Through this local and national initiative, this waste can be recycled. Think about it the next time you cook or clear the table: using these sorting bins will keep your trash cans less full and you'll be doing a wonderful thing for the planet !