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 No rubbish incinerator on France’s so-called 'island of beauty' means more than 60,000 tonnes of waste is being dumped underground every year, a catastrophic scenario for some alarmed local officials. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180821/garbage-island-corsican-officials-block-rubbish-dump-as-waste-overflows Tue, 21 Aug 2018 15:02:44 +0200 garbage-island-corsican-officials-block-rubbish-dump-as-waste-overflows French pharmaceuticals group Sanofi announced late Monday an immediate halt in production at a chemical factory in southwest France, in the wake of media reports that toxic waste emissions exceeded the norms. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180710/chemical-factory-closed-in-south-west-france-after-toxic-waste-outcry Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:05:01 +0200 chemical-factory-closed-in-south-west-france-after-toxic-waste-outcry Parisians are guilty of wasting nearly a third more food than anywhere else in France and it's costing them dear. https://www.thelocal.fr/20171016/parisians-waste-more-food-than-anywhere-else-in-france Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:25:54 +0200 parisians-waste-more-food-than-anywhere-else-in-france A ship, dubbed the "dustbin", carrying 25 tonnes of reprocessed nuclear waste was steaming to Australia on Friday despite protests from activists about an "environmental disaster waiting to happen". https://www.thelocal.fr/20151016/nuclear-waste-ship-leaves-france-for-australia Fri, 16 Oct 2015 10:04:42 +0200 nuclear-waste-ship-leaves-france-for-australia France has taken steps to crackdown on the amount of food wasted by supermarkets when MPs voted to outlaw the destruction of unsold products. Instead they will have to hand any edible food goods over to charities. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150522/france-moves-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste Fri, 22 May 2015 10:33:05 +0200 france-moves-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste Long snubbed as the risible trademark of boorish Anglo-Saxon diners, the doggy bag is set to make its appearance in France, a top restaurant body said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150325/french-restaurants-hounded-into-using-doggy-bags Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:29:40 +0100 french-restaurants-hounded-into-using-doggy-bags Is it wrong to raid a supermarket waste bin for out-of-date food? The question was once again being asked in France on Tuesday after it emerged three people face court after they were caught "dumpster diving" looking for a meal. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150203/france-supermarket-food-court-theft-waste Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:55:00 +0100 france-supermarket-food-court-theft-waste A collective of French lawmakers have proposed legislation that would force larger supermarkets to donate out of date food to charity rather than throw it away. The politicians behind it say waste is “the scourge of our consumer society.” https://www.thelocal.fr/20140801/bill-would-force-french-markets-to-donate-food Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:33:00 +0200 bill-would-force-french-markets-to-donate-food Paris authorities will soon have a new weapon to employ in their daily battle to clean up the capital's notoriously dirty streets - a specially designed smartphone app. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130516/paris-set-to-launch-app-to-clean-up-streets Thu, 16 May 2013 16:07:00 +0200 paris-set-to-launch-app-to-clean-up-streets Police in France uncovered a grisly tale this week when a cash-strapped body embalmer was found to be storing 700 litres of blood and other human waste substances in his garage. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130305/embalmer-stored-700-litres-of-human-blood-in-garage Tue, 05 Mar 2013 10:46:00 +0100 embalmer-stored-700-litres-of-human-blood-in-garage