In Luxembourg, throwing your cigarette butt on the ground will now cost more

Before 2015 in France, throwing your cigarette butt on the ground was something normal… not even reprehensible.

Since 2015throwing a cigarette butt on the ground is prohibited.

Initially, the fine was €68, it has been increased to €135 since 2020.

Not much compared to what is happening elsewhere

In Switzerland, smokers who throw their cigarette butts on the ground risk a fine of 200 Swiss Francs… or €180.

In Belgium: €200.

In Italy: 300€.

Who says better ?

Singapore: the equivalent of €12,400 and hours of community service.

Luxembourg is tired of being “nice”

Until then, the cigarette butt thrown on the ground cost €45.

Thanks to a new law: it will be 145€ for a cigarette butt and even 250€ for a plastic bag.

The most “forgiving” border country is now Germany: €100 for a cigarette butt thrown away… but have you ever seen a German throw his cigarette butt on the ground?!

Germany throws nothing down

For a simple reason: the country loves to sort its waste!

In German gardens or in buildings: there are generally 5 different bins:

— Brown for leftover food, coffee filters, peelings, etc.

— Blue for paper and cardboard

— Green for glass jars…

— Yellow for packaging where there is a green dot (this is getting complicated!).

— Black for everything else.

Collection points for glass bottles have three different containers:

— one for brown color glass, one for white color glass and one for any other color glass!

This is valid for non-returnable bottles because otherwise, they have to be brought back to the store to recover the deposit (Pfand).

Waste sorting is a national sport in Germany, even a hobby… in France, we are still very far from it.