Question 19161 — waste

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Ms. Séverine Gipson draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the problem of illegal dumping. Very recently, the ONF (National Forestry Office) in the west of Île-de-France launched an appeal for help against illegal dumping in the forest. The ONF noted that, in the forests alone, its agents were obliged to collect tens of tonnes of waste and illegal dumping each year, this which represents a cost of several million euros for all French forests. We have certainly limited the access of vans to forest parking lots. We put riprap to reduce parking. But, clearly, all this remains insufficient. The association of mayors of France estimated the weight of litter scattered in France each year at 63,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 6 Eiffel Towers. Without speaking obviously thousands of additional tonnes not recorded. In total, we must reach 100,000 tonnes. The MP emphasizes that a large part of this waste (around 80%) is later found at sea, as the NGO Surfrider points out. The worst is that waste calls for waste and, beyond the risks of pollution or fire, there is also a proven impact on wildlife which gets trapped in the waste. Indeed, illegal dumping has been prohibited since the law of July 15, 1975 on waste (43 years ago!) but the fines are often of the order of 1,500 euros whereas they could reach the maximum set, i.e. 75,000 euros, accompanied by a two-year prison sentence. Also, she asks him what he plans to allow a more systematic identification of polluters and if specific measures are planned. to help certain mayors who are not giving up and are carrying out investigations to trace the channels.

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