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French supermarkets to begin ‘automatic refunds’: how will this work?
The refunds will come into force from 2025 and are intended to encourage recycling packaging
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Comment: Recycling cannot solve plastic pollution problem alone
How one organisation is calling for less waste in a bid to fight pollution
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France way behind on reaching recycling targets, report shows
A 2012 target to recycle 75% of household packaging has still not been met
Website saves throwing out items
Getting rid of old household items can be a problem but a website offers a way to recycle products instead of throwing them out.
Donnons.org has so far stopped more than two million items being junked as someone has taken them for their own use.
Covering a vast host of product ranges, from animal goods to sports gear and clothing, it advertises items available for pick-up and people’s requests and has localised adverts for the whole country.