It's been going on for almost 12 years in Val-de-Marne. The Syndicat intercommunal de gestion des déchets de la Vallée de l'Yerres et des Sénarts (Sivom) is offering local residents the chance toadopt hens, with its"Adopte un bec" operation. Every year, 200 households are given the chance to welcome these gallinaceous creatures into their homes, reputed to ingest kitchen and gardening biowaste, with fresh eggs as a bonus every morning!
Residents can collect these hens for the symbolic price of 2 euros each, before declaring them, a necessary process in the event of an epidemic such as avian flu. According to the Sivom, 450 tonnes of waste per year would be eliminated thanks to these chickens! You are concerned if you live in one of the following fifteen communes: Boussy-Saint-Antoine, Brie-Comte-Robert, Brunoy, Combs-la-Ville, Crosnes, Épinay-sous-Sénart, Quincy-sous-Sénart, Mandres-les-Roses, Marolles-en-Brie, Moissy-Cramayel, Périgny-sur-Yerrres, Santeny, Varennes-Jarcy, Villecresnes and Yerres.
To adopt your own pair of hens, all you need to do is fill in a registration form and have a house and garden of at least 8m2 to house them in good conditions, by March 15, 2024. If you're selected, you'll need to buy a henhouse to welcome them in April! Good to know: each hen can consume 10 kilos of food scraps per month, i.e. almost 250 kilos of waste per year for two hens.
Dates and Opening Time
From January 28, 2024 to March 15, 2024
Official website
contact.sivom.com
