Infos House and Garden Garden Fires
When we moved to France, we were amazed how many garden fires we saw and smelled!
Historically garden cuttings were burned in large garden fires. This tradition is still tolerated, even that people live now very densely and the smoke causes environmental damage, health risk and is a nuisance of neighbors.
In other countries this habit is forbidden since many years. Here, the government does not do much about it; only in the hot summer months, it is forbidden because of risking wild fires. The exact dates vary between community to community. The gardening waste can be brought to the local recycling centers (déchetterie) for free. In some communities the yard waste is collected.
A very good tool to reduce your garden waste, not annoying your neighbors with noise is a strong, but slow turning (hence silent) Woodchipper (Broyeur silencieux) from Bosch:
Wild Fires
Here is a good info for the case of wild fire in french: Le risque feu de forêt.
Un doux âllo de Paris
This habit is indeed from the middle ages (like you
), that we also had in form of smog in big cities until the 70'es. We now got decent laws that prevents the slow killing of your neighbors and the world as such. Imagine the law suits we could have here! Bonfires are indeed a nuisance that should be forbidden worldwide.Obi
La Préfecture communique:
L'emploi du feu est interdit dans le département des Alpes maritimes du 26 mars au 15 avril 2012 en raison des conditions météorologiques.
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