Dustbin Bags

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Doofus

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28,475 posts

180 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Me again smile

A few years ago, a new ordnance required us to use transparent (pink, in our case) bin bags for our dustbin waste.

A neighbour got us a couple of rolls while we were in the UK, and soon after that she moved away, and gave us all her unused rolls (about ten).

She told us she got them from the Mairie, but when I went there a week or so ago and asked for more, the historically unhelpful gatekeeper at the acceuil said she had no idea what I was on about.

They aren't sold in the supermarket, so where am I supposed to find more?

They have "Communauté des Communes, Porte Oceanes du Limousin" (or somesuch) printed on them.

TIA

Active75

245 posts

171 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Hi

I'm In the Dordogne, but I think dechet bags are pretty much the same. The Marie should have some, but what about asking in your local shop, or your neighbours for their source.

Also, we have recently received a notice concerning a France wide rural collection plan that is already taking place in certain areas and is being rolled out now.

Basically you will need to register for a swipe card to open the main bin to deposit your rubbish. They will monitor your usage, and based on what they will see as what you should be throwing away they will charge you.

Already we have a swipe card to visit the dechetterie (Tip)

Doofus

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28,475 posts

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Thursday 24th September 2020
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Active75 said:
Hi

I'm In the Dordogne, but I think dechet bags are pretty much the same. The Marie should have some, but what about asking in your local shop, or your neighbours for their source.

Also, we have recently received a notice concerning a France wide rural collection plan that is already taking place in certain areas and is being rolled out now.

Basically you will need to register for a swipe card to open the main bin to deposit your rubbish. They will monitor your usage, and based on what they will see as what you should be throwing away they will charge you.

Already we have a swipe card to visit the dechetterie (Tip)
I've got a swipe card for the dechetterie.

We don't have a local shop smile, or any neighbours, other than the one who left and was replaced by German part-timers. smile

We have a weekly dustbin collection, and they won't remove anything they don't like the look of, hence the see-through bags.

My point was that the mairie said they didn't have any bags , and before I go back and shout the odds, I wanted to know who was in the wrong.

Active75

245 posts

171 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Hmm. Unusual. Did you ask the helpful assistant where they obtained their bags?

You may have to go to the nearest prefecture in the largest town. In my case its Riberac which acts as a hub for about 100 villages in my region.

bigandclever

13,948 posts

245 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Any good? http://www.porteoceane-dulimousin.fr/pol-agit/envi...

For more information on household waste collection and local waste collection centers, contact the Household Waste Service at 5 quai des Mégisseries in Saint-Junien, open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ,

Phone: 05.55.71.78.78

Doofus

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Thursday 24th September 2020
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Active75 said:
Hmm. Unusual. Did you ask the helpful assistant where they obtained their bags?

You may have to go to the nearest prefecture in the largest town. In my case its Riberac which acts as a hub for about 100 villages in my region.
I do wonder if a trip to St Junien will be necessary, given we had to go there to get the Dechetterie card, even though Rochechouart is our closest sous-prefecture.

I also wonder what I could acheive by 'bumping into' M. le Maire in the pub without his officious assistant there.

I hope he's not married to her.....

Active75

245 posts

171 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Haha, well Bon chance!

Our village Bureau La Poste was delegated as custodian of the dechete bags! There's important for you.

Mike-tf3n0

573 posts

89 months

Thursday 24th September 2020
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Well, down here in the Aude we get a regular handout of big, black, wastebags which smell of coal. The household rubbish is collected weekly, we have a paper card for the tip which is never checked as they know us all and the recycling is taken by us to a place in the commune for collection.

Doofus

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28,475 posts

180 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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Mike-tf3n0 said:
Well, down here in the Aude we get a regular handout of big, black, wastebags which smell of coal. The household rubbish is collected weekly, we have a paper card for the tip which is never checked as they know us all and the recycling is taken by us to a place in the commune for collection.
Our card is swiped at the tip even though they know us, because of restrictions introduced on the number of visits and the quantity of green waste you can take there in a year.

Magooagain

10,802 posts

177 months

Friday 25th September 2020
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I'm my part of the Charente we get our recycling bags (yellow)delivered and if we want anymore we get them from the mayor office or the rubbish tip. No I d cards yet as far as I know.
Rubbish bags(black) have to be bought at a shop etc.

Can you buy clear rubbish bags?

Doofus

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Friday 25th September 2020
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Magooagain said:
Can you buy clear rubbish bags?
I haven't found any.

Magooagain

10,802 posts

177 months

Doofus

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Friday 25th September 2020
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Magooagain said:
Interesting, thanks