WORLD RECORD OF CIGARETTE BUTT CLEAN UP
On Saturday May 29, 2021, with more than 1200 citizens and in 3 hours 0 Mégot set the world record for cigarette butts. Picking up more than 855,000 cigarette butts in 3 hours with the help of the Surfrider association and 10 other associations.
A movement
We are not celebrating this sad record, but the commitment of citizens. There were more than 1,200 of us: children, students, adults...to get together to pick up cigarette butts in Paris.
Raising Awareness
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A village at the Pont d'Iena to highlight important messages on the pollution of cigarette butts.
Recycled cigarette butts
The cigarette butts collected will be recycled.
1. Two surfboards to arouse curiosity and highlight this issue.
2. Awareness panels for the city of Paris, by EcoMégot.
Mr. MEGOT
1 cigarette butt can pollute up to 500 liters of water and will take over 10 years to fully decompose
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67% of cigarette butts end up in nature, that's 4500 billion each year
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The first source of pollution in our oceans
The 3rd source of pollution in freshwater sources
2 million euros, the estimated yearly cost for the city of Paris for the collection of cigarette butts on the streets
