2024-04-22 13:46:30
Published on 04/22/2024 3:46 p.m.
Duration of the video: 7 min Ecology: a handyman has developed a system to filter cigarette butts A handyman has developed a hair-based device to filter gutters and thus prevent cigarette butts from being thrown away at sea. (France 2)
A handyman has developed a hair-based device to filter gutters and thus prevent cigarette butts from being washed into the sea.
In Cherbourg (Manche), a handyman has developed an ingenious system to trap cigarette butts so that they do not end up in the sea. In his free time, Sébastien travels around the city spending his time opening cigarette plates. ‘sewer. He sets up a hair-based filter that is put in the gutter to collect cigarette butts before they are thrown into the sea. Eleven gutters are already equipped.
300 euros per filter
To manufacture his invention, he obtains supplies from a short circuit. The first step is to go to the hairdressers in Cherbourg. He collects the cut hair in order to integrate it into his device. He then places new filters every two weeks, when the old ones are full. Each city gutter costs the city 300 euros and takes up to 100 cigarette butts per month.
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