Collecte Locale Organisée Pour l'Environnement

The C.L.O.P.E (Collecte Locale Organisée Pour l'Environnement) project is pleased to invite you to a citizens' walk this Sunday,April 14at 2pm, starting from the esplanade Charles de Gaulle in Montpellier.

The aim of the walk is to collect as many cigarette butts as possible, which pollute the soil in our cities and, ultimately, green spaces and waterways. At the end of the walk, the cigarette butts will be sent to the "MéGo!" recycling plant in Brittany, with which we are partnered.

This project was born in the minds of 6 students in their third year of a Bachelor's degree in Political Science. The primary aim of the project was to raise awareness among staff and students at Montpellier's Faculty of Law and Political Science of the issue of recycling cigarette butts.

To make up for the recycling of these butts within the faculty, the decision was taken jointly with the administrative staff and the Dean, Mr Clamour, to install ashtrays through the same company, "MéGo!

The heart of this project now goes even further.

The C.L.O.P.E project has become an association and aims to put an end to the discarding of cigarette butts in the city of Montpellier, which inevitably ends up in drains, waterways and our green spaces.

This eco-citizen walk is just the first step in a long process, as C.L.O.P.E intends to expand and continue its actions with the help of the many associations and projects already working in an ecological and responsible way in Montpellier.

We'd be delighted to welcome you on Sunday afternoon to join you in this action, which we hope will help limit the environmental impact of such a small, commonplace object on our city's soil.

Meet us on April 14th at 2pm on the Charles de Gaulle esplanade with your gloves and bags for 1h30 of harvesting.