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[hopeontheoceanshore]

BREAKING:

The Palestinian delegation receives a standing ovation at the Paris 2024 Olympics closing ceremony tonight.

The world stands with Palestine. 🇵🇸🤍

follow for more Olympic updates 🤍🇵🇸

[kan-be]

everyday is a fruk day here but today is especially so 🥳

[raisin-gran]

sometimes i wish that les miserables took place in the usa. not for any valid or smart reasons, but just because i think it would be funny for enjolras to be like this guy

[reasonsforhope]

The new 'compost obligatoire' rules came into force on 1 January 2024. Here's what they entail.

As of 1 January 2024, organic waste recycling is mandatory in France under new 'compost obligatoire' rules.

With support from the government’s Green Fund, municipalities must provide residents with ways to sort bio-waste, which includes food scraps, vegetable peels, expired food and garden waste.

Households and businesses are required to dispose of organic matter either in a dedicated small bin for home collection or at a municipal collection point. Previously, only those who generated over five tonnes of organic waste per year were required to separate it.

The waste will then be turned into biogas or compost to replace chemical fertilisers. Alternatively, it can be composted at home.

The obligation is currently on local authorities to provide an easy means for households to compost or separate organic waste.

While facilities are rolled out, there will not be fines imposed for non-compliance. It is yet to be seen whether stricter rules will be imposed in future. 

One-third of household waste is bio-waste

Organic waste from food and gardens accounts for almost one-third of household waste. When it is mixed with other rubbish, it typically ends up in landfills or incinerators, where it produces heat-trapping greenhouse gases like methane and CO2.

Food waste is responsible for about 16 per cent of the total emissions from the EU food system, according to the European Commission. Globally, food loss and waste generates around 8 per cent of all human-caused emissions annually, the UN says.

It can also contaminate packaging destined for recycling like paper, plastic and glass.

In 2018, only 34 per cent of the EU’s total bio-waste was collected, leaving 40 million tonnes of potential soil nutrients to be discarded, according to NGO Zero Waste Europe.

In France, an estimated 82 kg of compostable waste per person is thrown away each year.

Is bio-waste separation mandatory in other European countries?

Under the EU’s Waste Framework Directive, bio-waste collection is being encouraged this year, but it stops short of setting mandatory targets.

In many European countries, organic waste separation has already been implemented at the municipal level.

Milan in Italy has been running a residential food waste collection programme since 2014. Households were given dedicated bins and compostable bags to kick off the scheme.

Elsewhere, taxes or bans on incinerating bio-waste have encouraged similar schemes, with separate bins and home composting widespread in Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The UK announced plans to roll out separate food waste collection in 2023. It remains voluntary for households in England, but is more strictly enforced in Wales and for business owners.

How to sort your bio-waste

Ideally, all waste - including organic matter - should be kept to a minimum.

This can be achieved through careful meal planning. Consuming, freezing or preserving food before it expires along with using every part of an ingredient also help to reduce waste. Some food waste can even be repurposed into animal feed.

Any food waste that cannot be saved or repurposed should be either composted or separated for collection. This includes uneaten food scraps, baked goods, dairy products, eggshells, fruit and vegetables and their peels, mouldy food, pet food, raw and cooked meat and fish, bones, tea and coffee grounds.

Liquids, non-food products and packaging should not be placed in bio-waste bins.

-via EuroNews.Green, January 2, 2024

[egberts]

I'm just gonna start blocking people who send me essay length asks trying to argue about stupid shit because their personal experience was different

[cryingweasel]

I’ve seen a couple of posts about people being hesitant and not really wanting new players joining the qsmp soon + more languages being added, and I understand, but the posts mostly seem to be made by English speaking people and I don’t think they understand how big of a deal this is for some people. The internet is really focused on anglophone creators to the point that if you’re bicultural and living in the US, you will never get recommended a channel that doesn’t speak English, despite English speaking channels getting recommended everywhere else. The trending tab is only filled with English speaking creators. You have never had a problem finding content that’s in your language. That’s not something you have to do. The fact that there might be French creators added to the qsmp is so exciting for me because I will finally have a starting point to discover French creators, I will finally be able to watch content that is in my language. The qsmp is bringing non English speaking creators into the orbit of English viewers and that is so cool. People have started watching the Spanish streamer despite not understanding most of what is being said, they’ve started learning Spanish because they want to be able to interact with the Spanish community. If people are trying to learn French/Portuguese/German they’re going to have access to creators who speak that language!!! I have faith in Quackity that he won’t make the introduction of new players overwhelming, this is going to be so sick.

[guilty-feminist]

[rawmanticism]

I just think it's neat how the Downton franchise starts and ends with my boy Thomas getting the guy all the women have been mooning over as is his right

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

guess who got so brainrotted over jaiden animations that they finished their first animatic

[broken-clover]

It's a small and arguably inconsequential issue that I am nonetheless far too emotionally attached to but I'm eternally mad that Gen 5 was made just on the cusp between pokemon gens just sorta tossing random pokemon ideas into the region vs doing ones inspired by the region and its culture (like come on why are the only distinctly 'New York' pokemon pigeons, garbage and delinquents) and as a result I deeply want there to either be an adjacent region or a Legends prequel that takes cues from actual cultural elements of the area, especially if there can be some Iroquois/Haudenosaunee if they wanna go beyond the easier modern stuff. I love gen five but despite having such a big pokedex it reeks of missed opportunity

[arc-hus]

Hourré House, Labastide-Villefranche, France - Collectif Encore

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[hopeontheoceanshore]

BREAKING:

Happening Now in Paris:

"Free Palestine!"

Fans are showing their support for Palestine at Parc des Princes during the Israeli national anthem at the Israel vs. Mali match. 🤍🇵🇸

follow for more Olympic updates 🇵🇸🤍

[redcarpet-streetstyle]

[okaywhatabouthades]

Everybody boycott kfc, McDonalds, Hardee's, starbucks, coke, Pepsi, pringles, Maggie etc.

Search brands standing with Israel and boycott them.

You actions matter! You matter!

[knizuu]

I’ve Decided

They live in Beverly Hills [or at least, an complete equivalent] and that’s final🦐

[deus-ex-mona]

YUKO SONG!!!!!!!