Faced with the waste crisis that continues in Marseille, the police chief of Bouches-du-Rhône is taking matters in hand. In a press release sent this Wednesday at the beginning of the evening, Frédérique Camilleri announces having decided to requisition by order the garbage collectors, and more precisely “the personnel strictly necessary for the restoration of public order, for a maximum period of three days from from Thursday, October 7, 2021 ”.
The prefect justifies such a decision by “the persistence of attacks on public health and safety”, linked to the “thousands of tons of waste” still present in the streets of Marseille and its metropolis. Earlier in the day, the CGT had let it be known that the strike was continuing in several municipalities around the Marseille city, such as Martigues and Istres.