https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed You might start to notice the rubbish piling up on the streets of Paris in the coming days because the garbage collectors are on strike. And they vow to continue. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180404/why-are-french-garbage-collectors-also-striking Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:34:08 +0200 why-are-french-garbage-collectors-also-striking Authorities in the Franche-Comté region of France say more and more Swiss people are dumping their garbage across the border in a bid to save a few francs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180330/french-kick-up-a-stink-about-swiss-rubbish-tourists Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:43:51 +0200 french-kick-up-a-stink-about-swiss-rubbish-tourists Trade unions in Paris have vowed to continue their strike, which means uncollected rubbish will continue to pile up in the capital. Other cities around France are also overflowing with rubbish. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160609/rubbish-strike-in-paris-to-continue-for-five-more-days Thu, 09 Jun 2016 19:05:01 +0200 rubbish-strike-in-paris-to-continue-for-five-more-days The rubbish crisis has has got so bad in Corsica that the government has been forced to call for action. Foreign tourists are part of the problem. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151011/frances-corsica-from-isle-of-beauty-to-isle-of-trash Sun, 11 Oct 2015 16:15:57 +0200 frances-corsica-from-isle-of-beauty-to-isle-of-trash A Frenchman is making his way from Paris to Warsaw surviving only on a diet of food he's salvaged from waste bins to show Europeans just how much they are throwing away. He tells The Local which countries' supermarkets have been more accomodating. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140623/dumpster-dive-bins-food-waste-garbage Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:28:00 +0200 dumpster-dive-bins-food-waste-garbage