France’s Dirty Little Secret
As of 2018, only 25 percent of French waste is recycled, but the country pledges to halve its landfill waste by 2030.
Fernanda Sapiña, a 21 year-old resident of Paris, France, seems to have the perfect recycling habits in place: she is careful of what goes into each bin, and is aware of the three-bin system France offers in order to effectively sort waste within homes.
“It’s part of my responsibility to make sure trash is sorted responsibly,” Sapiña said. “I think it’s important to use the waste system in the way that it is intended for — not only that…
