date:Feb 13, 2014
ris pilot project - whose 450,000 euro cost is financed by French environmental agency Ademe and restaurant union Synhorcat - aims to collect 200 tons of waste in the next six months and expects that more of Paris' 25,000 restaurants will join before regulation tightens.
Ademe specialist Philippe Thauvin said collection costs are estimated at about 200 euros per ton, with another 60-80 euros/ton for methanization.
This is the first operation of significant size in France in this area, he said,