Between the Orléans brigade, the cameras installed a year ago and this village of 200 inhabitants, the finding is the same: the waste collection center exists, illegal dumping does too, and the bill falls to the municipalities.
This illegally dumped waste has increased tenfold in ten years. The increase, over a decade, adds to the burden of the municipalities that fund the cleanup.
In Orléans, in the Loiret, a special brigade patrols near collection points. Illegal garbage dumps are the reason for this presence in the field.
In the village, these illegal dumps are becoming increasingly unbearable, even though a waste collection center is only four kilometers away.
For a year, these officers have relied on special cameras installed on poles, facing the sites.
One dump almost certainly follows a house clearance, that is, the emptying of a home whose contents were left on site.
It is a problem that many mayors run up against: illegal dumps, whose cleanup is costly for the municipalities.
It is impossible for the municipality of 200 inhabitants to pay to clean up every time.