Peggy Moreau Heraud says, "It pisses off me to see someone throw something in the gutter. It all ends up in the Dordogne. "Environmental assistant at Lalinde," she said when Arnaud Guyonne (a citizen) offered her to travel a long distance with Alcome.
Alcome is an eco-organization that was created by rolling filter manufacturers and tobacco companies to help meet their obligation to reduce the amount of cigarette butts left on roads by 40 percent by 2026. She established six test cities, Rouen, Grenoble La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Megeve Chalons-en-Champagne, Lalinde and La Ferte-sous-Jouarre before she could create an action plan. This gives her a rural perspective.
Cyrille Bader of Austral studied firm compiled the inventory. "We determine the hotspots, these places where there is a lot of cigarette butts. These are the places where there is most stress and waiting: bus stop, train station, car park, temporary agency, right in front of high school. We found four in Lalinde: the place de halle, small garden of Montard terrace, square in front the town hall, and the JacquesBrel room.
Peggy MoreauHeraud sighs, "Yet... we have ashtrays." They probably don't get to know each other well enough. I asked if we could repaint the walls in a more vibrant way. The Batiments de France refused. Next week, I will be meeting with them to discuss the matter.
There are also fun initiatives, which have had mixed success. You can take poll ashtrays to work. Julie Claret is the daughter of a Sauveboeuf tobacconist and Linde municipal councilor. She explains that these ashtrays have two holes for cigarette butts to be thrown away. It has a question written on it, and people can vote by putting them in one of the holes.
According to Cyrille Bader (who will continue improving his count throughout the year), Linde hotspots average "a dozen cigarettes butts" The town has its own tracks, despite having modest resources. Peggy MoreauHeraud, who is still equipped with a column-ashtray on the square of town hall, plans to make "a poster" to signal the location. She plans to "discuss the issue with restaurants and bars that are already playing the game a lot" and can count on the support from the three tobacconists.
Alcome can then create an action plan using these test cities. Jerome Duffieux (1637), president of Lot-et-Garonne tobacco producer, 1637, focuses heavily on raising awareness and providing information about the right things to be done. He mentions "targeted provision" of equipment, such as street ashtrays or pocket ashtrays, and the support of communities for collecting cigarette butts.
Peggy MoreauHeraud is confident. "It's by taking small steps that I contribute to a clean and beautiful city." Instead of focusing on repression, I believe that good communication can make a big difference. Because a cigarette on the ground can pollute 500 liters water, we also hope that it will be so.
