Visiting the waste recovery facility in Vedène was a shock. A silent shock, without apparent violence — but heavy with truth. What we call “sorting,” “recovery,” “waste management” are not abstract words. Behind them, there are machines, walls, flows… and hands. Because before being a technical matter, it is a human one. On the sorting belts, I saw the traces of our daily lives pass by: still-sticky bottles, bags, leftovers of all kinds. I saw the huge compressed bales, ready