Robinson, Sables d'Or and Dauphins beaches will be equipped with nets -

Ville de Mandelieu-La Napoule

  • The town hall of Mandelieu-La Napoule installs nets on its territory to retain the waste which is carried towards the sea by the flow of water.

  • After the installation of twelve of these anti-macro-waste devices on the banks of the Siagne, at the beginning of 2020, and two others in the Tourrades commercial area, the municipality has decided to also equip twelve outlets, directly on the beaches.

Each year, according to the city of Mandelieu-La Napoule, 10,000 tonnes of plastic waste are released into the Mediterranean from the French coasts.

The mayor (LR) Sébastien Leroy sees it as "a disaster" for which this municipality in the Alpes-Maritimes has decided to take its share of responsibility.

After the installation of twelve anti-macro-waste nets on the banks of the Siagne, in early 2020, and two others in the Tourrades commercial area, the municipality has decided to also equip twelve outlets, directly on the beaches.

Butts, target number 1

"These new devices were developed with a different mesh system and patented by Pollustock, the Mandelocan company with which we work", details the elected representative at

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"It is a virtuous project for the environment and for the local economy", he also boasts.

The waste entrained until then by the flow of water is thus blocked and emptied regularly.

Just on the few nets installed in 2020, for a budget of 25,000 euros, nearly 1,962 cigarette butts thrown on the public road were collected in five months, indicates the community.

"And when we know that a single butt pollutes 500 liters of water, the benefit is quickly indisputable", further advances Sébastien Leroy, who also intends to treat "the problem at the root".

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"The nets that we already had in test allowed us to draw up a map of incivism, to know where to concentrate municipal police patrols", continues the mayor.

While on the banks of the Siagne, less frequented, the observed pollution turned out to be "low or even zero", in commercial areas, there was a "high capacity for collecting waste," notes the municipality.

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She recalls on her website that the butt throwing can cost violators up to 500 euros.

And cause harm to nature.

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