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The estimated amount of 350 tonnes of the waste collected each year in Paris alone is naturally associated with enormous cleaning costs covered by the local budget. What is more, it is believed that each piece of a finished cigarette can pollute up to 500 litres of water. Hence, it was decided that a good start would be to set at least one street free from illegally disposed waste of this kind. Thus, the recently launched campaign is implementing a decision taken by the City Council of Paris last February. It will procure the necessary tools for cleaning up the streets and make them available to local citizens. The local government will also organise awareness-raising campaigns on the negative impact of this unpleasant habit. Moreover, pocket ash-trays will be distributed to locals, new recycle bins will be installed together with prevention actions discouraging taking up smoking in the first place.
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