A strike by garbage truck drivers in the city of Paris disrupted the collection of household waste in several districts of the capital on Wednesday.
Started Monday, the “spontaneous mobilization” of the agents is for the moment unlimited.
Dump truck drivers are demanding an improvement in their remuneration in a context of inflation and a "specific status, like that granted to their fellow garbage collectors, and the end of a conflict over vehicle washing procedures", indicates in a statement from the CGT-FTDNEEA union.
In Paris, household waste collection is organized by the Department of Cleanliness and Water (DPE).
Municipal services provide collection in the 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 20th arrondissements.
Collection in the other boroughs is carried out by private companies.
The residents concerned began to share on social networks images of waste accumulating on the sidewalk, around uncollected dumpsters, fearing serious inconvenience, in particular olfactory, in the middle of a heat wave.
The town hall of the 16th arrondissement demands in a press release that the City of Paris put in place “emergency solutions” and mobilize “immediately private collection actors”.
“The rate of strikers is lower today [Wednesday] than yesterday [Tuesday] but the collection remains very disrupted, the Town Hall told AFP.
All means are implemented to reduce the impact and to be able to quickly resume normal service.
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