The peak of this winter flood of the Seine seems to have finally been reached.
Now we just have to wait for the return to normal, which promises to be slow.
Then we will have to move on to the big cleaning.
Because the rise in the level of the river is systematically synonymous with pollution downstream of the Paris metropolitan area.
For several days at Port-Marly (Yvelines), we have been helplessly witnessing the continuous passage of floating waste.
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.”
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