In Vayres in Gironde, Nicolas Sénéchaud has created an "inverted supermarket" in which everything on the shelf is free... Or rather, is exchanged: give books, metals and leave with green waste or small furniture. Because at the Smicval Market, nothing is lost, everything is bartered.
Giving objects a second life
Unprecedented in France, this supermarket opened its doors in 2017, instead of a waste disposal site affiliated with the 138 municipalities of the Gironde. Nicolas Sénéchaud explains: "What we wanted was to give the inhabitants the desire to offer a second life to objects they no longer need."
OUR "CIRCULAR ECONOMY" DOSSIER
Every month, the 210,000 inhabitants of Gironde produce a quantity of waste equivalent to the weight of the Eiffel Tower. Of this waste, half is recovered and the other half definitively destroyed. The main purpose of the Smicval Market is therefore to considerably reduce this sad figure. An objective on track since "we have reduced by 25%, or 1,000 tons per year, the production of waste in this territory. "
This article is produced by Brut and hosted by 20 Minutes.
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