Decryption – Cardboard, glass, food waste… Asked to sort their waste more and more, the French are looking for solutions to store it efficiently without compromising their interior decoration. Even if it means paying the price.
“We had to invest in sorting bins of different colors to store our recyclables longer, which were previously in shopping bags.», explains Mary, 35 years old. With her husband and their two teenagers, it’s difficult to wait 15 days between each household’s garbage collection by their community. So the hospital service agent bought three 25 liter cans at 24.99 euros, “Depending on the space in our kitchen” From now on, the entire part of the wall is occupied by these three blue, yellow and green trash cans.
Like Marie, the French are arming themselves with more and more trash bags. 5 years ago, they averaged 3.8, compared to 4.5 today, according to a Brabantia study published last September. To avoid this mess of bins, companies have adapted to model “Stackable», mentioned by Bruno Lecointre, Market Director of Castorma …
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