Manage our waste

Waste generated in Europe in 2014 represents 2,500 million tonnes, which includes household and industrial waste. For example, recycling, destruction and landfilling of these wastes generate more than 3% of the greenhouse gases in the world. Waste is therefore a significant source of pollution, especially when incinerated. However, the use of this resource as fuel for the production of electricity reduces the consumption of fossil resources and therefore balances the scale of pollution.

However in 2015 in the UK more than 33% of the waste was stored in landfills, 45.2% was recycled and 10% was incinerated.

Electronic waste: invisible pollution

In 2017, nearly 70 million tons of electronic products were dumped in Africa, mainly in Ghana. This waste originates from France, the United Kingdom and Germany.

These countries, major consumers of electronics, get rid of their waste and relocate "recycling" in Africa. Thus clandestine landfills develop wherever this waste is not treated, the local inhabitants neither trained nor informed and they burn these old objects to recover the most valuable materials to sell them. This unframed recycling is a risk for the environment and for workers (in contact with extremely toxic materials and fumes).

What can we do ?

Let's sort and consume responsible! Consuming responsibly means considering all the processes that allow this consumption. How was the product made? Has the environment been taken into account? How will the product be recycled?

Responsible consumption is also reducing its consumption of packaging, to favor the reusable rather than the disposable, to fight against planned obsolescence. Finally sorting of waste is essential, it must become for each of us daily gesture to minimize the waste burned or stored in landfill and reduce our consumption of raw material.