144 kg : this is the weight of the waste found and collected in the Vercors mountain, in Font d’Urle this Saturday morning. 60 to 70 people took part in the action proposed by the Moutain Riders association and the Drôme resorts. First operation of this type in the department. The Drôme resorts have signed the national charter “zero waste mountain in 2030”, a charter issued by the association.
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“We picked up about six kilos from one area”, testifies Jonathan, 10 years old. His teammate from the Die rugby school, Manopolis adds: “People came and they really left everything. There was pots of barely finished yogurt, toilet paper, plates.” “There was even a glass plate”, adds Jonathan. In the bag of Michel, resident of Bouvante: a fork, a bolt, a badminton shuttlecock or an archery arrow.
The waste is collected, weighed, sorted, then recycled. © Radio France – Lisa Guinic
Reassuring collection
“We imagined there would be a little more wastenevertheless counterbalances Nicolas Betton, in charge of communication at the Drôme stations. We think that these are rather people who have, unfortunately, forgot something on the roof of the car or a small piece of paper that flew off while skiing.” The professional remembers: “When I was walking in nature a long time ago, we found washing machines. These are things that we have not found. We start with the idea that these are accidents, rather than voluntary acts.”
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“It’s encouraging for the future, rejoices Nicolas Betton. This proves that the Drômois or the people who come to the stations have already a sensitivity towards environmental protection.” Other waste, however, is more worrying.
Too much industrial waste
Mickaël, from Saint-Just-de-Claix in Isère, shows barbed wire, metal grouped together on the trash sorting tarpaulin. “As soon as we left the ski slopes, in the forest, we found large 20 liter bags of rubbleadds his brother Gabriel. That’s it ‘More How is it possible that it got here?’ We collected a lot of industrial waste.” Both go hiking, so Mickaël says: “This is not a simple hiker. It’s a little scary.”
A lot of industrial waste has been found outside of ski slopes and ski lifts. © Radio France – Lisa Guinic
The Drôme stations have planned to renew the clean mountain operation next yearon other areas, at the Rousset pass notably.
2024-05-25 20:32:39
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