Grind groves in Marseille: Mayor mandate pickup trucks to collect garbage

In several quarters of the Phocian city, thousands of tons of waste strew the streets.

Le Monde with AFP

“has exceptional location, exceptional answer”: The Mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, mandated, from Tuesday, February, trucks to start collecting garbage that pile up in some neighborhoods of the city, because of a new garbage strikes.

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Thousands of tons of waste strew the streets of several neighborhoods following a strike, the third in four months, colleagues, including the appeal of the Union Force Lover.

The collection of waste is a skill that normally is incumbent upon the metropolis Aix-Marseille-Provence, led by Martine Vassal, the Party the Republicans.

“Extraordinary derogations”

“We are facing a garbage crisis for four months that takes dangerous proportions: dozens of trash fires since this weekend and a Mistral more than 100 kilometers per hour,” said Benoît Payan In a statement Monday night.

Some inhabitants, exceeded by the bunch of waste, prefer Burn them , explained the team of the town hall.

“All the elements are gathered to rush to a safe and ecological drama”, according to the mayor representing a coalition on the left, who is compelled to “get out of the legal framework to protect the Marseillaises and the Marseillais [by mobilizing ] extraordinary derogations in order to preserve public safety “.

/Media reports.