The peak of this winter flood of the Seine seems to have finally been reached. Polystyrene, cans, footballs, garbage bags and above all plastic bottles by the dozen already litter the half-flooded banks.

“Not bad Coke,” looks at Dominique, a young retiree, with derision. ‘It’s better to laugh about it,’ continues this walker, tired of sometimes having ‘the impression of living next to a landfill’