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Litter

Two friends to hike across Corsica picking up cigarette butts

The adventurers aim to walk 450 kilometres removing litter, visiting schools, meeting people - and probably washing up a few dishes as they will be without a budget

Two-in-five young people admit to throwing litter on French motorways

A new campaign is seeking to educate people and reduce the problem

Paris street cleaner is TikTok sensation with a serious message

We talk to the social media star about getting kicked out of the army, being homeless and his viral litter videos

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Green news France: Art fights cigarette butts, retrofit Solex mopeds

A giant cigarette packet full of butts installed on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais by France’s answer to Banksy

Green news France: Bins removed in tourist spot, tree thieves arrested

Litter bins replaced with flower boxes on the island of Aix off the Charente-Maritime, food waste transformed into energy and more

Tobacco manufacturers to pay for cigarette butt clean-up in France

Government says estimated €100million annual cost of reducing environmental pollution caused by cigarette butts will mainly be met by firms, rather than taxpayers

Donkeys trialled as beach-cleaners at Pampelonne beach in Saint-Tropez

The often-stubborn but effective animals began work at the start of the season and are used in the collection of around 100 litres of cigarette stubs and other waste from the white sand every morning

Meet the Englishman whose litter selfie kick-started a new career

Eddie Platt, who has become known as L’Escargot Anglais , has made a name for himself as The Englishman Who Wanted To Clean France

Litter campaigners pick up 250 used face masks in 2km walk

Eddie Platt, nicknamed l’Escargot Anglais, and his friend walked 880km from Marseille to Paris picking up discarded Covid masks to highlight litter problem

France national park rewards litter-picking visitors

Anyone found picking up litter or clearing up their mess while out in the Calanques National Park this summer could win a prize, thanks to an initiative to promote good habits.

French motorways: 30% of public admit to littering on roads

A third of people in France admit to throwing waste out of car windows while on the motorway, says a new poll, as motorway firm Vinci Autoroutes launches an anti-littering campaign ahead of a busy driving weekend.

New laws and changes in France: July 2020

From litter and drug use fines to the temporary unemployment scheme, here are the new laws and changes to note this month.

French language notes: le jogging

Le jogging leads the way in runner’s repertoire

French supermarket Leclerc criticised for plastic use

French supermarket giant Leclerc has been chastised for its excess use of plastic on a pack of hard-boiled eggs, with a junior minister saying that a new “anti-waste” law would stop such “aberrations” in future.