Bottle Deposit in France[Operational Project] by Juliette Carcano, Hélène Loustau, Élise Parent
The authors are part of the "Alternative Management" third year speciailzation program at HEC Paris.
While the overproduction of waste has become obvious, no large project of bottle deposits for households seems to have encountered any success in France. This operational project tries to solve and overcome this paradox, in performing an inventory of the sector of bottle deposits in France and in studying the feasibility of a deposit system for the company La Ruche qui dit Oui!
Quote article « Bottle Deposit in France », 25 march 2015, Alternative Management Observatory (AMO), [Operational Project]
http://appli6.hec.fr/amo/Articles/Entry/Item/367.sls
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