The cleanliness of Paris has always been a major concern for Parisians. It's also been a point of political contention and since the elections are coming up (we're going to vote for the new mayor next year), no wonder the current town hall team is keen on showing they pay attention to this topic. The truth is that Paris would be less dirty if Parisians were less careless... That is why as of yesterday a new and pretty clever advertising campaign has started. It points out the fact that even though there are garbage cans every 100 meters, things won't improve if people do use them!
Are we back to 'porc' again, like the pigfish on your FB page?
ReplyDelete(Maybe that's a confusing allusion: littering the streets, pigs.)
ReplyDeletecan't stand liter, so I am for the campaign :)
ReplyDeleteBtw, great poster!
I don't get it. You have thse "green men" all over Paris cleaning up, they have carts with suction to clean up, and you have water sliding down the sides of the streets to clean up(especially useful on the day I stepped in French dog poop and had to clean off the bottom of my shoe). Even dog poop is a negligable problem now that Parisians mostly clean it up. PARIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST big cities I have ever seen! Tokyo, tho, is number 1.
ReplyDeleteClean?? I do see a lot of "green people cleaning in the mornings" but maybe if the Parisians didnt use the streets as their personal ashtray it would be better!
ReplyDeleteThese Green Garbage Grabbers need to be put in the allitteration bin.
ReplyDelete...or maybe things won't improve if people DON'T use them...
ReplyDeleteGood luck with that campaign (seriously). I'm afraid some people will never get the message—and most smokers think that their cigarette butts don't qualify as trash (including me when I was a young smoker, I'm ashamed to say). Three cheers for the green men!
ReplyDeleteExcellent advertising, but I am afraid that in Canada you would have at least two minority groups against it...LOL
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, Paris is one of the cleanest cities in Europe. Next time I plan to do some fishing in the Canal Saint-Martin :)
@Martin " Next time I plan to do some fishing in the Canal Saint-Martin :)" LOOOOOL I'm afraid you'll end up with the fish @Jeff was thinking of - the one I posted on my FB page!
ReplyDelete@Alexa. Cigarette buts... Now you can get fined in Paris for that. Well, in theory...
@PHX "PARIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST big cities I have ever seen! Tokyo, tho, is number 1." Interesting, as if you ask around, I don't think Parisians are aware of that.
ReplyDeleteI impersonally don't find it too dirty either, but I despise the people who don't care of others and litter everywhere.
If people use them surely things will be better?
ReplyDeleteWhen I visited Paris last fall, I was quite impressed with the green bag system of clean-up and stated that I wished there was something like that where I live. Had read that Paris was noted for dog poop being all over everywhere, but I didn't find that the case. Our apartment was on the rue de Rivoli and on several occasions when I popped my head out the window, at various times of the day, I would see the green bags being changed out. The US would do well to take note. And yes, Japan is an extremely clean country.
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