Recycling in Paris, France

Check out these recycling bins! They're located on the street corners making it easy for the residence of that block to put recyclable containers where they belong. Talk about no excuses. Paris takes recycling seriously. As of July 1, 2002 a French law prohibits disposing of residential recyclable materials in it’s landfills. About a year ago, my sister informed me that Raleigh, North Carolina has joined the ranks of those cities taking a serious stand against throwing away what can be used again. While they don’t have large receptacles on their street corners, they were notified they could be fined if they were caught throwing away their plastic milk jugs.