Salad bar manager Colette Marghieri wanted to join the scheme, even though there is no legal obligation to separate biodegradable rubbish. We can see how much used to be thrown away.. "It&electric bike factory39;s very rewarding, even if you don't feel like you've invented something incredible," said Vilboux. "At the start, I had some doubts about the sorting but it's easy and it doesn't disrupt the service at all," she said. The compost is redistributed free of charge to community gardens or to students of the Nantes horticultural school. "It's a little drop, but the potential is enormous," Vilboux said confidently."La Tricyclerie, which has two paid staff and about 10 volunteer collectors on bikes, receives a financial contribution of 40 euros per month and an annual membership fee of 50 euros from each business.Black goldWhile paper and glass recycling is becoming automatic to many, biodegradable waste generally ends up in landfill or incinerators in France. Their creative initiative, which relies largely on volunteers, has even impressed the United Nations (UN).

NANTES: Putting an end to the unnecessary burning of biodegradable waste, one restaurant at a time, has become the forceful mission of a team of French cyclists. The initiative has already been contacted by interested individuals in the southern French city of Perpignan, the Belgian capital Brussels, and the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion. "It's a lot! It proves the food is fresh and homemade," she says, of one cafe after weighing out 20 kilos of vegetable peelings. La Tricyclerie, a neat play on the French words for sorting out rubbish, recycling and biking, turns vegetable, coffee, and other organic waste into compost.Launched at the end of 2015 with just eight restaurants on board, the anti-waste tour has grown to include 23 restaurants and nine businesses, catching the attention of the United Nations. "It's simple; we take everything, even the eggshells and citrus fruits. Fellow restaurant manager Guenole Clequin said: "It's simple and very effective.Cyclists call at each restaurant twice a week to pick up the waste.

CoordinatorValentine Vilboux, 29, travels on her electric bicycle to restaurants in the western city of Nantes, collecting peelings otherwise destined for the bin. Everything apart from bread, meat and fish," she says. La Tricyclerie, which # collects around 1.And the impact could spread out of town. This "black gold" could serve as fertiliser for farmers once it's been composted, and currently represents a third of French household rubbish. La Tricyclerie and its founder Coline Billon, 26, are one of 12 world finalists, whittled down from 2,400 candidates, for the UN's "Young Champions of the Earth" competition. "A real community with the restaurants has built up around the reduction of rubbish and the creation of compost -- we are real environmental actors," said one of the volunteers, Pierre Briand, stirring smoking compost. The prize, to be awarded in November, is 15,000 (12,500 euros).5 tonnes of waste a month, has set itself an objective of reducing the volume of restaurant food waste in the city by 40 percent.

Detroit: Tesla Motors says worldwide orders for its new lower-priced Model 3 electric car have hit 325,000. CEO Elon Musk says on Twitter Thursday that the number is still rising.end-ofLocation: United States, Michigan, Detroit.tesla-expect.The number of orders is unprecedented when compared with electric car sales worldwide. The deposits are refundable. It's not scheduled to go on sale until late next year.jpg Tesla has sold a total of 110,000 electric cars since it started doing business in 2008. Nissan says it has sold 211,000 electric Leafs since pedal assisted series Manufacturers distribution began in late 2010.

Customers must put down $1,000 to order the cars, which start at $35,000 and have a range of 215 miles per charge. Tesla has sold a total of 110,000 electric cars since it started doing business in 2008.The Palo Alto, California, company started taking orders March 31, shortly before Musk unveiled the car in Los Angeles. Tesla has sold a total of 110,000 electric cars since it started doing business in 2008