In Marseille, residents threaten to contact the defender of rights against the unsanitary conditions of their neighborhood. “There is almost no waste collection anymore, and the truck that cleans the sidewalk with a karcher only comes by once a week to deposit a few droplets of water,” laments the president of the neighborhood interest committee.
Marseille ranked in the top 3 of the least clean cities in Europe, with barely more than 20% of Marseille residents surveyed considering themselves satisfied with the health and hygiene in their city.