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On the thirteenth day of the strike against pension reform, the strikers took up residence at the three waste incineration sites produced by Paris “filtration dams” To allow garbage collection trucks to pass, a union representative told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Saturday, confirming that a information from launch.

And at the Friday general meeting of the strikers “Extend the work until Tuesday inclusive, with the liquidation of trucks.” In Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) on Saturday and Sunday, and then in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) on Mondays and Tuesdays, said Fatiha Lahrech, representative of the CGT union in the Issy-les-Moulineaux location. . Allowing trucks to pass is a “A security decision to reduce the risk of epidemics”, I explained. By mid-morning on Saturday, only three had passed.

And in Ivry-sur-Seine, the largest of the three Sectum burning sites, police came on Friday to evict the strikers from one of the two nearby garages, before withdrawing.

And the Agence France-Presse indicated that access to the factory from the garages of garbage trucks is still prohibited. According to the CGT, 95% of Ivry Therapy site employees and all garage drivers are on strike.

On Friday, Paris City Hall estimated that 10,000 tons of uncollected waste was sitting on Parisian sidewalks. After Mayor Anne Hidalgo (PS), in support of the social movement, refused a request from the police prefect, the latter on Thursday signed this order of customers to evacuate the trash. Then the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, confirmed that this takeover succeeded, but on the ground, the situation remains chaotic.

The capital has a private collection system: city council officials collect waste in half of the precincts, while the other half is serviced by private service providers.

Late Friday evening, Derichebourg announced in a press release “taken over” by the police headquarters With the aim of contributing to a minimum level of service[al] garbage collection ». The province confirmed this information on Saturday morning, saying that “Five garages for dump trucks have resumed activity” And Two companies awarded for treatment as well as several agents [avaient] wanted since » Friday.