The European Union regulatory framework is pushing Member States to reduce food waste by the end of 2030, with special regard to processing and manufacturing waste (by 10%) and retail and consumption waste (by 30%). The Principality of Monaco joins for the sixth time the annual European Week for Waste Reduction EWWR #serdmonaco #EWWR #EWWR2024, the most popular week prevention awareness campaign in Europe, under the slogan Waste is Out of Taste -  Le Gaspillage est de Mauvais Goût. Thanks to the strong involvement of the public and private sectors, Monaco is committed to raising public awareness and encouraging a radical change in daily life: buying only what you need, preferring local products and being inspired by a more sustainable consumption approach.
Monaco's Department of the Environment (Gouvernement Princier) is being organising a set of targeted initiatives within the Monaco's Semaine Européenne de Réduction des Déchets SERD from the 16th to the 24th November 2024, in conjunction with the celebrations of the Fête Nationale (National Day), on the 19th November. As highlighted by Valérie Davenet, Director of the Environment Department, at the press conference on the 13th November, the SERD hospitality village will welcome Monegasque and visitors from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on the Promenade Honoré II and in the premises of the Casa d'I Soci, home to many associations in the Principality of Monaco.
The eco village, in partnership with 83 stakeholders like SMA, the Monaco City Council, SMEG, SBM and CHPG, will host fifteen stands and welcome a series of activities, workshops and leaisure events related to waste reduction, food waste, circular economy, reduce, reuse and recycle to raise environmental awareness.
Meanwhile, the Department of the Environment is being organising a collection of used underwear clothing and glasses that each one can give in the appropriate collectors installed outside the Fontvieille Shopping Centre.
A new initiative will involve Monegasque hairdressers who will be invited to keep all the hair cut in order to deliver it to the Association Coiffeurs Justes able to to reuse the organic material as a depolluting solution.
Morevoer, the Oceanographic Museum in collaboration with SBM and a group of renowned Chefs, including the ones at the Hermitage, Louis XV’s and the Monaco's Thermes Marins. Visitors will be able to taste dishes made with seasonal ingredients, avoinding wastege.
In particular, the Mairie de Monaco (City of Monaco) is being sponsoring a series of educational and playful workshops.
On Saturday the 23rd November 2024 the Mùnegu Repair Café will offer visitors anti-waste services for free from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in collaboration with Repair Café Nice.
Furthermore, Decathlon headquarters in Fontvieille will offer the audience, for the first time, bike minor and routine operations within a professional technical assistance. ***
Please find the full MONACO SERD programme of initiatives via Your Monaco App .
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By Maurice Abbati
Journalist; Editor; Communication, Media and Public Relations Specialist
Lecturer and Author in English language of Technical Articles and the Manual: "Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet, a Journey into Eco-Communication"Â by Springer International Publishing.
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