Against cigarette butts, an appeal to the inhabitants of Caen
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Their fight is the pollution produced by cigarette butts that land on sidewalks or in nature. In order to alert the general public, the members of ZorroMegot increase awareness-raising operations against this scourge Caen (Calvados), and in its agglomeration. Thus, every second Wednesday of the month, they offer workshops to build a cigarette butt collector.
The meeting point is at the Dôme, on the Caen peninsula. The next one is set for this Wednesday, December 8, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Those of January 12 then February 9 will follow.
Field work with companies
“It is a prototype and we are building it until the end of the year,” explains Laura Lavoine, a work-study employee at ZorroMégot. He should then be expected on the peninsula, probably in front of Le Pavillon. “
The association does not stop there. Many contacts have been established with partners. “For example with the Foyer Jeune Travailleur in Hérouville Saint-Clair. I went there to build a terminal collector in conjunction with artist Valérie Bourrianne-Masse, ”explains Laura Lavoine. Other actions with the landlord Partélios Habitat were organized. Another operation will soon see the light of day with Orange in Caen. “The goal is to create a social bond with the inhabitants while transmitting an ecological conscience”.
A megothon in Soliers
Collection also represents 10% of the association’s action. It allows to implement what was explained earlier to the public. “Either we launch an appeal, or it is the municipalities, companies or other associations that call us and ask us if we can make a collection. “The municipal youth council of the town of Soliers, for example, recently approached ZorroMégot. “On an organized a megothon, on will pick up butts. And the city of Soliers thus donated money to the Telethon for each bottle of cigarette butts. “
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