WE TALK ABOUT MY ACTIONS
2020
“Pick up one piece of trash a day for the rest of my life”
Edmund Platt,
“On his black T-shirt, a slogan: “stop fucking your sea”. He carries a bag and tries on his back. And on his shoulder, skewered on a stick, a cluster of a hundred blue anti-Covid masks -19, his harvest of the day. The giant is not alone: he is accompanied by a fellow traveler decked out in the same gear."
22.12.2020 - WEST FRANCE - ARTICLE LINK
“When you wash your clothes, when you make a machine, you have a million microfibers that go into the oceans. The masks, they are made of these same fibers that end up in the atmosphere.
Edmund Platt, Luxembourg
"In October 2020, Edmund Platt and Frédéric Munsch, loyal members of the association 1 Déchet par Jour, decided to connect Paris from Marseille with one objective: to collect as many surgical masks as possible on their way. In 59 days of walking, they collected 6300."
9.12.2020 - GEO- LIEN ARTICLE
"Leaving in early October on foot from Marseille in the direction of Paris, two anti-waste activists picked up all the masks and cigarette ends thrown on the ground on the way. Arrived a few days ago in the French capital, they hope to convince Parisians to make even in their city."
5.12.2020 - INTERNATIONAL MAIL - ARTICLE LINK
"We invite all Parisians to pick up a piece of waste every day."
Edmund Platt, Paris
"This is the call launched this Monday from the town hall of the 9th arrondissement of Paris by Edmund Platt, founder of the association Un déchet par jour, and Frédéric Munsch, journalist photographer in Marseille."
30.11.2020 - LE PARISIEN - ARTICLE LINK
“The TGV travels at 300 km/h, I always wanted to make the trip at 3 km/h”
Edmund Platt, Carisey
"One is called "the English snail", the other "the Marseille boar". Together, Frédéric Munsch, photographer reporter, and Edmund Platt, founder of the association 1 waste per day and author of the book "The “English who wanted to clean up France”, set themselves a major challenge: to reach Paris on foot from Marseille by picking up the thousands of surgical masks crossed on their way.
27.11.2020 - LE PARISIEN - ARTICLE LINK
“This march is really to raise awareness and to meet as many people as possible. They are instead invited to choose reusable cotton masks. I love France and the French, but when it says 'disposable masks' it doesn't mean 'masks to throw on the floor.
Edmund Platt, Carisey
"Edmund Platt and Fréderic Munsch, an Englishman and a Frenchman, left Marseille on October 1 for a march following the route of the TGV line to Paris. On their way, they pick up all the masks thrown on the ground. This week, their journey takes them to Yonne."
18.11.2020 - BLUE FRANE - ARTICLE LINK
“Pick up 60 to 80 masks a day. It depends on how busy the road is. But between Cavaillon and Avignon, the figure rose to more than 250. It's scandalous.
Edmund Platt, Valence
"We met them in Valence, in the Drôme, on October 13, 2020. The English snail and the Marseille boar as they call themselves, stopped there. A stage in their long journey between Marseille and Paris, carried out on foot, in the goal of collecting this new type of waste that we now find in nature: anti-Covid masks.
15.10.2020 - FRANCE 3 REGIONS - LIEN ARTICLE
“The pandemic is causing plastic to end up in nature. 75% of these masks are not recycled and end up in the sea”
Edmund Platt,
"To walk the 700 km that separate Marseille and Paris, using the TGV route in seven weeks.
An adventure carried out with Frédéric Munche, another activist of "one day, one waste". It will stop in the main cities served by the high-speed train to pick up waste and raise awareness among the youngest.
01.10.2020 - FRANCE 3 REGIONS - LIEN ARTICLE