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
practical Green news France: Art fights cigarette butts, retrofit Solex mopeds A giant cigarette packet full of butts installed on Nice鈥檚 Promenade des Anglais by France鈥檚 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 鈧�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鈥橢scargot 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鈥橢scargot 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 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 鈥渁nti-waste鈥� law would stop such 鈥渁berrations鈥� in future.
Town clamps down on litter and fly-tipping Anyone who leaves bags of rubbish on streets faces fines of 鈧�368 in capital of Dr么me
Plain-clothes officers target anti-social behaviour Authorities in Toulouse plan to clean-up streets with non-uniformed wardens who have the power to issue fines
Outcry over book donor litter fine A literature supporter in Paris who left books in the street for people to read was told to pay a 鈧�68 fine for littering.
