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AROUND 200 TOWNS USE HORSE-DRAWN CARTS TO COLLECT RECYCLING, TAKE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL OR SENIOR CITIZENS TO MARKET On Sunday, January 8, 2023, residents in Aix-les-Bains (Savoie) will be


taking their Christmas trees out to be collected by a horse-drawn cart. “It’s the fifth year we’re collecting the trees,” says Patrick Gautier of Trialp, the ‘entreprise d’insertion’


organising the event. “We are also collecting trees in Chambéry on January 7 and 14.” READ MORE: SAVOIE: CHRISTMAS TREES COLLECTED WITH HELP OF HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGES The two geldings


providing the horsepower are called Capitole and CasseCou. Both 14 years old, they weigh around 650 kilos each and are Freibergers, also known as Franches-Montagnes, a breed originally from


Switzerland widely used in the past as a draft and pack horse by the Swiss army. “In the summer, from mid-May to mid-September we use them in Aix-les-Bains to collect cardboard boxes from


shops for recycling. The person who actually throws the boxes into the cart is the same person who works with the lorry for the rest of the year and he says when they see it’s a horse, they


turn the motor off, get out and take photos. When it’s the recycling truck, they hoot and shout.” READ MORE: EIGHT IDEAS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR OLD CHRISTMAS TREE IN FRANCE READ MORE:


GARDENING IN FRANCE: FRENCH HISTORY AND CARE OF CHRISTMAS TREES HORSE-DRAWN CARTS TAKE CHILDREN TO SCHOOL The same thing has been noted all over France, as around 200 towns have begun using


horse-driven vehicles. In Hennebont, Brittany, two heavy horses, Dispar and Circus, pull carts to collect rubbish, take children to and from the canteen, the library and after-school club,


and take senior citizens to the market. In the summer, they offer sightseeing rides to tourists. In Vendargues (Hérault) two carts (called _hippobuses_) take 120 children to five different


primary schools each day. The free service is so over-subscribed that there is a waiting list for places. READ MORE: RIDING CENTRES IN FRANCE STRUGGLE TO FIND HORSES IT IS NOT SIMPLY


NOSTALGIA Horses are quieter and less polluting than trucks. They also bring more intangible benefits. “Horses make social links. As people come out to admire the horses and pat them, they


also talk to each other, get to know each other. They smile. Sometimes people who haven’t spoken for months, will start talking to the horses in whole sentences. The horses bring joy,” says


Patrick Gautier. Councils have also noted that when horses collect Christmas trees, people put them out on time. When they do polls, more people fill in forms if they are distributed from a


horse and cart. Children attend school more regularly. “More people put boxes out for recycling when we collect them with horses. Horses also calm the traffic. Drivers slow down.” He points


out that with modern equipment, the work for the horses is less taxing than in the past. The carts have the same brakes as vehicles, and the combination of inflated tyres and tarmac roads


means the work is easier, and the horses, which work around two hours a day, are regularly checked by vets to ensure they are in good health. RELATED ARTICLES HOW RUBBISH COLLECTIONS AND


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