It’s yours ! Your best tips for reducing your waste in Monaco
On the occasion of the European Week for Waste Reduction, our readers shared their tips to help preserve the environment.
Although the European Week for Waste Reduction (SERD) ends this Sunday, November 28, this ecological and civic gesture must extend over the rest of the year. Our readers testify to this, each of whom has their own method of detaching themselves from packaging and other waste which represents an average of 590 kg per year and per French person.
If this year again, the Principality has contributed to many actions, Monegasques and residents are also contributing their contribution.
For this mother, who contacted us on Facebook, the reduction of household waste begins of course with sorting: “ it is the base without forgetting the batteries, the bulbs and the drugs which are recycled in a specific way! I hunt for mistakes in the trash which are usually made by my husband who never tires of seeing me go through our trash! For the glass we cliinkons, our son was in fact the best client in Monaco for his school last year. Recently, we have refillable household products so no more buying bottles, no more window products we have reusable wipes for 10 years! (…) No more vacuum-packed salads, vegetables are bought in season and from a producer in the region. We still have work to do but we try to do like the hummingbird, to do our part. “
“We will use products without containers”
And for this second Internet user, “doing your part” is all the easier in Monaco: ” Sorting, slowfashion, thread, compost… I say yes to everything! Thanks to the resources put in place in Monaco, it is easy to be eco-responsible, so why not do it ?! “
For her part, Sandrine also welcomes the initiative put in place by the Principality: ” The CLIIINK application for recycling glass: full of terminals in Monaco, each recycled bottle = 1 point, then the site offers discounts at many merchants. I use the app TOO GOOD TO GO as well as ECORALENTIZATION (the inventors of the day). At the supermarket I take the pasta, rice, cereals in bulk then I put them in airtight glass jars. And finally I sort the paper / plastic and cardboard packaging in the corresponding bins. “
For Hilary, on the other hand, sorting and reducing her waste has become more complicated since, precisely, “ the newspaper and cardboard bin near your home [elle] a summer kidnapped; [elle] no longer knows where to drop them. “
So, in the absence of bins, some users simply prefer to limit disposable containers, like Véronique: “We will use products without containers (soaps, shampoos …) or reusable (fabric bags, stainless steel bottles …) and we will use not to overconsume so as not to waste. “
And for all those who do not know how to go about it, Monaco helps its population to tend towards “Zero waste”, thanks to its National Pact for Energy Transition.
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