The Saint-Étienne metropolis is setting up a personal QR code to access recycling centers. If the measure is welcomed by residents, the fear of a growing number of illegal dumps is on everyone’s minds.
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You will soon have to show your credentials to enter the recycling centers of the Saint-Etienne metropolis. From November 4, a QR code will be required at the entrance. A way to fight against abuse.
“This is to limit access to people from outside the metropolis, because there were a lot of people who told us they came from a municipality, but we have nothing to prove it. This is the point of the QR Code” explains Cédric Vialleton, recycling center agent. He nevertheless fears that, because it cannot be deposited, the waste will end up in nature. This is the perverse effect of this new organization.
Generally speaking, waste treatment is becoming more and more expensive. Saint-Etienne Métropole has decided to limit the use of its recycling centers to avoid abuses linked to deposits which do not come from residents of partner municipalities.
These deviant behaviors are costly to the community and therefore to the taxpayer. “We fight against abuse so that money is used as correctly as possible, as efficiently as possible, while having the objective of keeping waste deposits free and free for all our citizens.” explains François Driol, vice-president (SE) of Saint-Etienne Métropole, in charge of waste management.
Thus, municipalities which have agreements with the metropolis will pay for the verified passages “and not on simple declarations” he specifies.
For professionals, a system of ecotaxes depending on the nature of the materials is in place. Specific sectors exist and the community wishes to be able to prevent them from free access to containers. “There were holes in the racket, he said, and too much abuse was noted“.
Each household will have 30 deposit units per year. With this system, depending on the size of the vehicle, a passage costs from one to five units. A small car is equal to one unit. “For me, 30 is more than enough for me, but it depends on the garden we have” nuance Yvonne. “After 30 times, if you can’t bring your stuff anymore, where are you going to put it? People are going to throw it through! ” retorts René.
“No doubt there are craftsmen who come to empty for free even though it pays for them, butIf it can eliminate illegal dumping, we might as well welcome them here and even for free, rather than throwing their trash into the wild.e” adds a user.
Illegal dumps are indeed present in the territory and the fear of their resurgence animates everyone. The scandal of the huge illegal dump near the ZAC des Volons, in Andrézieux-Bouthéon, made the headlines last spring. The public authorities, for their part, assure that they will increase controls.
On the employment side, the news is intended to be reassuring. This automation of control and the desire to reduce volume do not jeopardize the number of agents.
“We are not in a staff economy, but in facilitating the task of our staff.
François Driol,Vice-President (SE) of Saint-Etienne Métropole, in charge of waste management.
Ultimately, data relating to waste disposal will be used to adapt the city’s overall policy to the real needs of the population. To obtain a QR code, it is necessary to register on the metropolis website. Postal registration forms are available on site.
