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Every business that produces or holds waste must sort it at source. In general, the streams concerned are paper, metals, plastics, glass, wood…
Read →RegulationWhat sorting obligations for an ERP or a shopping centre?A business that operates a public-access building (ERP) and produces more than 1,100 litres of waste per week must also organise separate collection of the…
Read →RegulationIs biowaste sorting compulsory for businesses?Yes. Since 1 January 2024, source separation of biowaste has applied to all producers, businesses included, with no minimum threshold (article L. 541-21-1 of the…
Read →RegulationWhat colours for recycling bins in France?The reference colours recommended nationally are: yellow for packaging (and often paper), green for glass, brown for biowaste, grey or black for the…
Read →RegulationWhat are the penalties for not sorting waste in a business?Article L. 541-3 of the French Environmental Code allows the authorities to give the business formal notice, then impose a daily penalty of up to €1,500 and an administrative fine…
Read →RegulationIs textile sorting mandatory for businesses?Yes. Since 1 January 2025, textiles have been among the waste every business must sort at source, alongside paper, metals, plastics, glass, wood and biowaste. This…
Read →RegulationWill recycling bins have to carry harmonised European labels?Yes. Article 13 of the European packaging regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) requires all collection containers for packaging waste to carry, visibly, legibly and indelibly…
Read →RegulationIs office paper sorting compulsory?Yes, for any site with more than 20 people that produces or holds paper waste: articles D. 543-285 to D. 543-287 of the French Environmental Code require office paper to be…
Read →RegulationHow can I prove that my company complies with waste sorting requirements?Through the annual recovery certificate: each year before 31 March, the collection, transport, trading or brokerage provider, or the operator of the final treatment facility…
Read →RegulationRecycling: what are all the obligations in force in 2026?In 2026, a business must sort paper, metals, plastics, glass, wood, textiles and biowaste at source (plus mineral fractions and plaster in construction), sort office paper…
Read →RegulationWhat does the 2027 EPR scheme for commercial packaging (EPRO) change for sorting in businesses?From 1 January 2027, all commercial packaging falls under an EPR (extended producer responsibility) scheme: every producer concerned must have joined a producer…
Read →Prices and budget
In September 2026, a professional 3-stream sorting station has a median price of €979 excl. VAT on the French market (from €379 to €4,781 excl. VAT, 21 offers recorded by the PoubelleTri Index). The price…
Read →Prices and budgetWhat is the price of a professional 1-stream recycling bin?In September 2026, a professional 1-stream recycling bin has a median price of €279 excl. VAT on the French market (44 offers from €37 to €1,199 excl. VAT, PoubelleTri Index, at least 30 L). Volume…
Read →Prices and budgetWhat is the price of a professional 2-stream sorting station?In September 2026, a professional 2-stream sorting station has a median price of €635 excl. VAT on the French market (29 offers from €150 to €3,450 excl. VAT, PoubelleTri Index). At 30 to 60 L per stream,…
Read →Prices and budgetDoes an outdoor recycling bin cost more than an indoor one?Not systematically. On the French market in September 2026 (PoubelleTri Index), the median price of a 3-stream station is €1,052 excl. VAT indoors (6 offers) and €1,017 excl. VAT…
Read →Prices and budgetWhat is the price per litre of a professional recycling bin?In September 2026, the median price of a professional recycling bin is €4.84 excl. VAT per litre of capacity on the French market (PoubelleTri Index, 102 offers of at least 30 L per…
Read →Prices and budgetWhat budget should a business plan to equip itself with recycling bins?Budget = number of stations × price per station. At median French market prices in September 2026 (PoubelleTri Index), a 2-stream station costs €635 excl. VAT and a 3-stream station €979…
Read →By site type
A restaurant must sort its waste at source like any business (paper, metals, plastics, glass, wood, textiles, biowaste). Two points concern it in particular: biowaste…
Read →By site typeWhich recycling bin for a shopping centre?A shopping centre is an ERP: above 1,100 litres of waste per week, it must offer the public sorting of at least two streams, packaging and paper on one side…
Read →By site typeWhich recycling bin for offices?In offices, the streams produced every day are mainly paper, packaging (plastics and metals) and, in break areas, biowaste. The usual set-up is one…
Read →By site typeWhich recycling bins for a hotel?A hotel is a public-access building: above 1,100 litres of waste per week, it must offer guests sorting of at least two streams, packaging and paper on one side…
Read →By site typeWhich recycling bins for a school or university?Schools and universities are public-access buildings: above 1,100 litres of waste per week, they must provide pupils and…
Read →By site typeWhat obligations and what funding for a local authority's recycling bins?A local authority is subject to 6/8-stream sorting for the waste it produces itself (town hall, departments, facilities). Its buildings open to the public fall…
Read →Choosing a model
An outdoor station is designed for rain, impacts and vandalism: treated steel or stainless steel, solid wood, lids or roof, floor-fixing kit, large volumes…
Read →Choosing a model50/60 L or 90/100 L per stream: which volume should you choose?Choose 50/60 L per stream for an office, a meeting room or a corridor, and 90/100 L for a hall, a cafeteria, a shopping arcade or outdoors, where footfall and emptying frequency…
Read →Choosing a model2, 3, 4 or 5 streams: how many streams should you choose for a recycling bin?2 streams is the minimum required for the public in an ERP (public-access building) producing more than 1,100 L of waste per week (packaging and paper, biowaste). 3 streams (paper, packaging, residual waste) is…
Read →Ordering and delivery
Online at poubelletri.fr: choose the model, number of streams, volume and options, then pay by card or bank transfer. An invoice excl. VAT is issued for every order. Each…
Read →Ordering and deliveryWhy buy recycling bins directly from the manufacturer?Buying from the manufacturer removes the distributor's margin: the published price is the manufacturing price, with no intermediary. A manufacturer since 2010, PoubelleTri designs its sorting stations in…
Read →Ordering and deliveryCan a local authority buy recycling bins without a call for tenders?Yes, below €60,000 excl. VAT. Since 1 April 2026, article R. 2122-8 of the French Public Procurement Code, amended by décret n° 2025-1386 of 29 December 2025, allows a…
Read →Ordering and deliveryIs there funding for recycling bins in public spaces?Yes, for local authorities: Citeo's Away-from-home call for projects provides flat-rate funding for sorting bins, bin shelters, bring banks and bag holders installed in…
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