The heading is deliberately misleading, I imagine the tip is the same all year round but if you are new to France you need to know how to use your local one. Firstly get to know which commune can use which tip. There are always disgruntled residents living a stone's throw from a tip but may not be allowed to use it as it is in a different commune. An example of this is Le Riols, many houses literally on the doorstep but if they try and use the commune of Varen's tip they are non too politely sent on their way.
Once you know which tip you are allowed to use you need to arrive and talk to the patron and show taxe d' habitation and your immatriculation / carte grise for the car. Then you will be given a little plastic card which you need to produce each visit. It is courtesy to wait at the gate, show your card and be told where your particular rubbish should go. We had a friend once from England who not knowing the rules drove straight in and started unloading. He ended up in an argument with the Patron, saying "it is not what we do in England" !
If you get on the right side of "Jo Jo" the chef he will even help you unload heavy items. He certainly helps Malc and I but maybe he has us marked down as a couple of doddery codgers, which we are not!
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