Ludovic Franceschet, Parisian garbage collector and TikTok star, on a crusade against overconsumption

Ludovic Franceschet, star garbage collector of social networks, and the camper van of his association, Ludovic Objectif Planète Propre, stop off in for a cleaning operation, on March 5, 2024. CHRISTINE DUMAS/L’EST REPUBLICAIN/MAXPPP

The TikTok Awards trophy, which rewards the creators of the platform, sits proudly on a table in the cleaning workshop on 1is district of where garbage collectors gather, between a pot of mustard and a plate of potatoes. Ludovic Franceschet, winner of an honorary prize, still can't believe it. ” Congratulations ! »says a colleague.

The award was presented to him a few days earlier, on December 16, at the Théâtre du Lido, in Paris. On his account @ludovicf_off, which has more than 413,000 subscribers on TikTok, the 49-year-old man describes his daily life as a garbage collector and presents himself as an ambassador for cleanliness. “When you think of trash, you think of me. I like to think that I am the best image that can be given to them”he jokes.

At 12:30 p.m., Ludovic Franceschet begins his tour through the streets of the capital. Methodically, he collects all the waste. With an almost perfect cadence, his gestures are repeated: broom, mechanical pliers, changing garbage bags. “My gaze hardly leaves the ground, my eyes scan everythinghe explains. No waste can resist me. »

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