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The Easy To group launches Easy to Clean, its floor-cleaning service
The Easy To group launches its third service: Easy to Clean, robotised floor cleaning for businesses. A logical step after cigarette butts and biowaste.
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Regulation
Smoking bans in Europe: where can you still smoke in 2026?
Beaches, terraces, the workplace, filters: where you can still smoke in Europe in 2026, the fines, and where the EU is heading — with a country-by-country snapshot.
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Regulation
Smoking at work in Europe: employer obligations 2026
Employer obligations in 2026: protecting staff from second-hand smoke, the shrinking room for indoor smoking rooms, e-cigarettes and butt management. With a compliance checklist.
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Regulation
Your legal obligations on cigarette butts
AGEC, EPR, waste transfer note, CSRD, Criminal Code: the full regulatory framework for managing cigarette butts in companies, explained clearly, with sources.
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Regulation
What fine for a cigarette butt dropped on the ground?
€135, €750 and even up to €1,000 depending on municipalities: full panorama of applicable sanctions since the 2020 decree, municipal bylaws toughening the framework, and criminal risks in forest areas.
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How does cigarette butt collection work?
Mapping smoking areas, collection frequency, final treatment, average market costs (€40 to €130 excl. tax per ashtray depending on frequency and stream): everything to understand a professional collection service.
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Press release
Launch of Easy to Change
The start-up Easy to Compost (Caeterra) announces the launch of its second B2B brand, dedicated to corporate cigarette butt collection and recycling: "Zero cigarette butts on the ground".
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Partnership
Easy to Change and clikeco partner for traceability
Announcement of the strategic partnership between Easy to Change and the French national logistics operator clikeco to guarantee traceability of collected cigarette butts, from the client site to final treatment.
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Value chain
Cigarette butt recycling in France
Material recycling vs energy recovery: what is the best way to recover cigarette butts? Comparison of French value chains, industrial partners, and selection criteria for your company.
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