Par Hugo Deshors
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“I think I found something!” Like dozens of other people, Quentin rolled up his sleeves to hunt for trash.
The river also cleaned
In Rugles (Eure), there were more than 80 volunteers to “have participated in this operation to raise awareness of waste management and the preservation of our living environment”, welcomed the municipality.
As a reminder, the Ville Propre operation was launched by Jean-Claude Provost in 2009.
Armed with a plan, gloves, pliers and garbage bags, with a flocked T-shirt from Operation Rugles Ville Propre, they are determined to do battle with dirt and incivility.
As a conductor, Alain Le Pape, deputy mayor of Rugles in charge of school affairs, sport and communication.
“There are four groups that will criss-cross the entire town of Rugles and pick up what they find on the ground. We also have young people from the canoe club of the Risl’Adventure association who clean up the river. Last year, they had again found kilos of scrap metal”. Not to mention the waste that floats in the water…
Still present, the US Rugles/Lyre football club was one of the many volunteers from Rugles, whether or not they belong to associations, who first met in the François Mitterrand park in order to coordinate well. Also note the participation of the Ambenay leisure center and judo.
“We heard certain remarks that children were made to work to collect waste, laments Alain Le Pape, but that’s not it at all. The real objective of this operation is to raise awareness. Child as adult, everyone must be responsible for their environment and issues related to cleanliness.
“You have to be careful in all places”
Children who are informed on site or in schools (by means of exhibitions or interventions) of the need to sort waste and respect the environment. And who can pass on their knowledge to parents.
For 11-year-old Thomas, “this day is important for us. She shows us that we have to be careful at all the places in Rugles. It’s where we play, where we walk, we mustn’t throw things on the ground. There are trash cans for that.”
By his side, Lucie, 12, “I don’t understand why bottles are left on the lawn or on the sidewalks. It gives a bad image of our city. Neither one nor two, she bends down and with her gloves makes the bottle disappear in her garbage bag, “it’s magic”, she slips smiling.
If young people are already aware of all this, then a big part of the way will be done. But there is still work to do. At the end of the operation, nearly 100 kilos of waste were collected.
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