“That's it, it's over, launches Ludovic, behind his rolling bag.
I finished cleaning the 35 bridges of Paris.
I'm so proud and moved."
The TikTok star garbage collector, who has nearly 300,000 subscribers on his social networks, is having a hard time hiding his tears.
This Monday, September 20, he has just completed 56 km on foot to "make cleaner" the 35 bridges (passable) of the capital.
Leaving two days earlier from the Pont Garigliano (15th century), armed with only his waste tongs and a roll of bags with a capacity of 10 liters, the eco-friendly garbage collector from the city of Paris shared in video on Twitter each stage of his challenge, slipping in a touch of culture.
“The idea came to me when I saw toilet paper hanging from the edges of a bridge.
He was going to fly straight into the Seine.
I thought it might be useful to showcase our magnificent bridges by cleaning them… and telling their story in my short videos”, smiles Ludovic, who is not on his first challenge.
This summer already, the tireless garbage collector went on a litter hunt by criss-crossing 70 Parisian doors, always with the aim of encouraging residents to no longer throw their waste anywhere.
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Papers, cans, bottles, metro tickets, boxes… Nothing escapes Ludovic's sharp eye, nor his pliers.
And when he discovers a dozen glass bottles left near the void, behind the railing of the Pont de Bercy, Ludovic does not hesitate for a second to step over the parapet.
"It's risky, I know, but there really, I can't leave it here", launches the garbage collector who admits that in normal times, he "can't stand the sight of emptiness".
Tireless, he connects the bridges at a steady pace, without taking a single break.
And even between each bridge, the call of the trash is louder than anything.
Ludovic sometimes makes a few detours to clean up areas that are not on his route.
“No waste escapes me.
None can resist me, he likes to say.
This is my mission, my reason for being.
All these challenges, I realize them on my days off.
And even when I'm not embarking on a course or I'm not at work, I can't help cleaning a street when it's dirty, it's stronger than me, "continues the one that some of its subscribers already call it "the Coluche of cleanliness".
We followed him on the last day of his expedition, over the last five bridges of his journey.
Watch our report at the top of the article.