A number of towns in France are trying to make the act of recycling even more green, by replacing their recycling trucks with horses.
The practice is being used in 60 towns across the country, who are using horses to pull recycling carrying carriages. Not only is the use of horses better for the environment, but it’s also much more practical for many towns that have small, hard to navigate streets. “You can’t turn a waste collection vehicle around here. We used to block streets to traffic and keep waste in open skips,” Jean Baptiste, mayor of Peyrestortes in Southern France, told the Guardian.
For many of the towns, using horses has also served as a way of saving money, as well as raising awareness for recycling programs. The practice is also spreading to other countries around Europe, including Italy, where donkey-drawn recycling carts are being used in Sicily.
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