1. Organization of supply circuits

1.1 Collection: example of French practice

• The traditional approach was followed until the European Directives were implemented by Member States at the end of the 1990s.

• Small household products follow the normal household waste stream.

  Local authorities, which are legally responsible for the collection and treatment of household waste, generally entrust the task of waste removal to specialized companies represented in France by a federation, FNADE.

  Fédération Nationale des Activités de la Dépollution et de l'Environnement, FNADE, a member of the European Federation of Waste Management Industries (FEAD), represents,...