Toulouse (FR)
Population: 746,919 inh.
Density: 1,630 inh./km2
Share of multi-family houses: 68.00%
GDP: 21,884 €/inh
Additional information: Metropolitan area, "Toulouse Metropole", 37 municipalities
Description of the waste collection system
Scope of municipal waste
| Household waste | Similar waste | Other |
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Responsibility of collection: Toulouse Metropolis ensures the management of waste produced by households and assimilated in its territory. Two directions of the city oversee the waste collection:
- La direction des déchets et moyens techniques (Waste direction and technical means) for almost all household and similar waste.
- La direction des Pôles de proximité (Proximity Pole Direction) for bulky waste collection and green waste in some municipalities including Toulouse.
Toulouse Métropole transferred its processing power to the union DECOSET. However, it has temporarily retained the management of certain installations treatment: a sorting center, a composter, a transfer station, 7 waste disposal centers.
Waste collection:
- Dry recyclables: door-to-door collection & bring points (City centre of Toulouse). Dry recyclables are all plastic packaging, paper and cardboard, metal packaging and composite.
- Glass: bring points & door-to-door collection (only for 10 municipalities)
- Carboard: single collected in civic amenity sites
- Mixed residual waste: door-to-door collection & bring points (City centre of Blagnac)
Implementation ongoing for: Composite
Fee system
Pay-as-you-throw: No
Annual waste fee: 131.09 €/cap
Description of the waste fee: 2016
Separation system
| Single or comingled | |
|---|---|
| Glass |
Single
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| Paper and cardboard |
Co-mingled
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| Composite |
Co-mingled
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| Plastic |
Co-mingled
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| Metal |
Co-mingled
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Additional comments: Cardboard is single collected in CAS
Paper is single collected in CAS
Dry recyclables (plastic packaging, paper and cardboard, metal packaging and composite) are collected together.
Collection mode
| Door-to-door | Bring bank | CAS | Other | |
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Glass
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Cardboard
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1238.0
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Paper
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51.0
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Co-mingled materials
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Additional comments:
[3] Cardboard is single collected in Civic Amenity Sites.
[3] Paper is single collected in Civic Amenity Sites.
Dry recyclables = plastic packaging, paper/cardboard, metal packaging and composite.
Door-to-door collection scheme
| Waste Stream | Collection frequency | Collection coverage in % | Additional remark |
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| Residual waste |
From 1 to 7 times a week
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| Glass |
Bi weekly / Monthly
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| Paper and Cardboard |
Weekly for 43% of the municipalities
Bi-weekly for 57% of the municipalities
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Bring bank scheme
| Waste Stream | Number of inhabitants per bring bank | Additional remark |
|---|---|---|
| Glass |
457
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Co-mingled materials
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2941
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Dry recyclables = plastic packaging, paper/cardboard, metal packaging and composite.
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Performance of the waste collection system
Residual waste: 283.9 kg/cap
Additional comment:
[3] Cardboard is single collected in Civic Amenity Sites.
[3] Paper is single collected in Civic Amenity Sites.
Glass
Economic and social performances
Setup costs: Total investment for 2016: 6 265 000 €.
Running costs: Total running cost: 99 214 000 €
- Collection system: 47 401 000 €
- Waste transportation: 3 469 000 €
- Waste treatment: 35 463 000 €
Number of direct jobs: 986
References and disclaimer
References: [1] Toulouse Métropole, 2018, Etats des lieux et diagnostic du territoire ; https://www.toulouse-metropole.fr/documents/10180/24154754/PLPDMA_Etat_des_lieux/6e733eef-7023-4db0-9092-1af716cf4585
[2] Toulouse Métropole, 2017, Rapport annuel sur le prix et la qualité du service public d’élimination des déchets 2016; https://www.toulouse-metropole.fr/documents/10180/18841324/Rapport_prix_qualiteSP_elimination_dechets2016/da896a33-4186-4038-bfb0-54dffb113502
Additional comments
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