In an effort to limit discarded cigarette butts from finding their way into Monaco’s gutters and the sea, the Mairie de Monaco has relaunched a scheme that offers smokers free portable ashtrays from various points in the Principality.
Smokers in the Principality may be familiar with Monaco’s Operation Zéro Mégot, a summertime campaign to offer out free portable ashtrays.
This year, the Mairie de Monaco, along with the Direction du Tourisme et des Congrès and the Société Monégasque d’Assainissement (SMA), has decided to get the campaign up and running earlier than usual.
The ashtrays are already available from a number of pick-up points in the Principality, such as information kiosks, the SMEG and SMA offices on Rue Guillaume Apollinaire, the Monaco Médiathèque and the Stade Nautique Rainier III.
The aim of the scheme is to reduce the amount of cigarette butts that, once discarded by unscrupulous smokers, end up in Monaco’s gutters and wastewater systems, which drain in the Mediterranean Sea, causing unnecessary damage to the natural environment.
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