We don’t mess around at the ecopoints of the Jura commune of Haute-Sorne, made up of several villages. In Bassecourt, a lady received a fine of 215 francs for having placed three sweaters in a Texaid container outside of hours. “The director of Texaid called me to tell me of his distress, but also of his helplessness,” reports the offender.
It is now at the Courfaivre ecopoint that the incomprehension of another citizen reigns. “After cleaning my cellar, I placed three boxes in front of a container filled to the brim. And not inside,” admits the outlaw. Verdict: 610 francs fine! “I admit my mistake, but it was my first visit to the ecopoint, a task that my husband had previously carried out,” said the citizen. Convinced that an appeal would only add legal costs, the offender decided to pay the fine, but she contacted the municipality hoping for a gesture.
“That day, it was raining heavily and after seeing that the collector was full, and that there were already other boxes deposited, I thought I was doing the right thing by depositing mine,” she wrote. “I would like to apologize greatly,” added this mother of two children, specifying that she understood afterwards that “the cardboard must have become completely wet and that I should not have left it”.
In the eyes of the authorities, any dumping outside the containers “is tantamount to dumping waste on the public highway, which cannot be allowed.” “I admit my fault, but the amount of 610 francs seems excessive to me,” continues the citizen. She asks for leniency and promises that “this won’t happen again.”
Her request of October 25 remained unanswered, but in a pilot municipality in waste management, the offender places her hopes in the next meeting of the Municipal Council: “I did not throw away my boxes: I aligned them well . A warning followed by a fine in the event of a repeat offense, wouldn’t that be enough?” she asks.
At the Courfaivre ecopoint, another user notes that the paper and cardboard containers are regularly saturated. “So, I dump the paper into the cardboard press,” confides this user. Why didn’t the offender do the same on October 12? “My mistake was not noticing that compressor,” she says.
The authorities specify that “waste must be placed inside the containers provided for this purpose” and that “if by chance, the container is full when you visit, a trip to the neighboring village is not advisable. exclude”. Beware of deviations: cameras monitor the ecopoints.
