At the beach

When you are leaving after a picnic at the beach, don't forget to put your rubbish in the bin.  Or, you can even do better than that!  If there are sorting bins, separate your rubbish before placing in the correct bin.

Quentin (13 years), Savigny-sur-Orge:  When you are at the beach, you don't like seeing rubbish.  So, next time you see some rubbish on the beach - pick it up and put it in the bin!

Audrey (14 years), Lahonce:  We must not leave pieces of glass as this can hurt people.  We must also not throw bottles in the water at the beach, so that we don't dirty the water.  We must not leave paper and other rubbish on the ground, and we must collect all rubbish that we see on the ground because it pollutes the environment.

Victor (8 years), Le-Parrai-en-Yvelines:  When we are by the seaside it is lovely.  However we must put all waste and rubbish in the bin, as this is much better for the environment.

Anaïs (14 years), Le Vigean:  Place bins on all the beaches you can, this will encourage more people to collect waste on the beaches.  I also thought about putting ashtrays on the beaches for smokers, but that would be a big investment for France...also schools could organise beach clean-up days.

Fatimata (7 years), Nouakchott - Mauritanie:  I am a student of the second year of the French primary school, Richard Bohringer at Nouakchott.  I am in favour of participating on the 20 March in the collection of waste on the coastline and on the beach. 

Sorting and recycling waste

Even on holidays, encourage your parents and friends to sort their recyclable rubbish before taking it to the rubbish bins or to the nearest waste centre.

Laure (10 years):  You can, instead of throwing away your eggshells, break them into thousands of little pieces before putting them in the soil of a plant, as eggshells contain lots of vitamins for plants.   

Maxime (13 years), Biaudos:  Place paper collection points in buildings, in the streets and on beaches.  

Damien (13 years), Bayonne: When people throw away paper into the bin, we should have separate boxes in all classes for that used paper.  We can also write on one side of the paper that it can be used for drafts.  In our class we have a used paper system.   

Marianne (14 ans), Lacanau-Océan: Je fais du surf à l'école, on y fait aussi la découverte de l'Océan avec les vagues, de l'environnement et de la nature. J'espère que toutes les écoles, collèges et lycées se trouvant en bord de mer apprendront à tous leurs élèves comment rester propre, sain et écolo. On y apprend plein de choses, et c'est très intéressant. C'est pour cela que nous devions faire un geste tous ensemble. On peut y arriver !

Inconnu (6 ans), Paray-Vieille Poste - FRANCE: Nous allons taper à la porte des gens et  nous leurs dirons: Protégez la planète! Et s'il veulent bien, nous mettons un panneau sur lequel il est écrit "Protégez la planète, faites comme nous".

Jennifer (12 ans), Bayonne: Il ne faut pas jeter les papiers et les mégots par la fenêtre des voitures et des camions, il faut les mettre dans des cendriers.