Où enterrent-ils nos poubelles ?

 While many French assume household waste landfills will disappear, the opposite is true: they are expanding across the country. One‑fifth of waste is still buried ≈ 17 Mt yr⁻¹, whereas a 2025 law will cap disposal at 9 Mt. Hugo Clément uncovers the hidden side of waste management, visiting towns where recycling bins aren’t collected and massive, legal landfills where plastic leaks into the environment, coating entire forests.

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