Recycling hunting cartridges and bullets in Charente🌳

In the past, most hunting cartridges and bullets fired in the Charente region ended up in the environment. Yet both plastic and brass can be recycled.

The FDC16 has decided to collect and recycle them. Used cartridges and bullets now have a future other than that of household waste. The used cartridge is crushed to separate the plastic from the steel. The plastic is recovered and sent to specialist recycling companies. The steel and brass will be recycled by steelworks.

C’est ainsi que l’opération « le recyclage des cartouches : le chasseur éco responsable » est née en novembre 2021 avec le concours financier du Conseil Départemental via le Budget Participatif 16. Le 22 juin dernier, sur le site de la société ESOPE à Mornac, le premier camion de cartouches de chasse usagées charentais a été chargé pour partir chez BRIANE SAS JEAN dans l'Aveyron (12) afin d’être traitées, recyclées et valorisées.

At a rate of 8 grams for a shotgun cartridge, 400 kg per big bag and 22 big bags collected from all Charente waste collection sites, i.e. 8.5 tonnes in total, no less than 1,000,000 cartridges and bullets will be recycled and recovered in Charente!