PART TWO: THE MUNICIPALITY

Municipalities, the Lyon metropolitan area or public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation are responsible, possibly in conjunction with the départements and regions, for the collection and treatment of household waste. Municipalities may transfer to a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or to a mixed syndicate either the entire responsibility for the collection and treatment of household waste, or the part of this responsibility that includes treatment, as well as the related…

The local authorities referred to in article L. 2224-13 ensure the collection and treatment of other waste defined by decree, which they can, in view of their characteristics and the quantities produced, collect and treat without any particular technical difficulties.

The scope of services relating to the services provided for in articles L. 2224-13 et L. 2224-14 is set by the municipalities or their groupings as part of the waste prevention and management plans provided for in sub-section 1 of Section 3 of Chapter I of Title IV of Book V of the Environment Code. A Conseil d’Etat decree specifies the minimum conditions under which these services must be provided,…

The mayor defines the rules relating to the collection of waste collected pursuant to articles L. 2224-13 and L. 2224-14 according to its characteristics. He shall impose separate collection arrangements, including where applicable the presentation and location of collection, for at least the following waste: 1° Paper, glass, metal and plastic waste; 2° Waste mineral fractions, wood and gypsum for construction and demolition waste; >>Waste textiles and textile products 3°…

The general obligation of maintenance to which the owners and lessees of the public domain are subject includes that of ensuring or having ensured the management of waste found there.

The public waste prevention and management service is subject to cost accounting. The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents, respectively, to the municipal council or to the deliberative assembly an annual report on the price and quality of the public waste prevention and management service, intended in particular for the information of users. The report gives an account of the situation of the local…