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"After the Fête de la Musique, it's the garbage festival. Yes, you could say that," comments Laurent, amused. A garbage collector for over 10 years, the fifty-year-old has seen streets strewn with trash. But every year, the Fête de la Musique brings a particular challenge and its share of difficulties for Paris's cleaning agents. The mild weather, alcohol and crowds of local residents go hand in hand with a tide of garbage that spills out onto the streets of Paris. On duty from four in the morning, to "clean everything up before the Parisians wake up," Laurent's team, larger for the occasion, set about cleaning rue des Archives and two adjacent streets, on the border between the 3rd and 4th arrondissements. In less than an hour and a half, nearly seventeen containers were filled. A larger quantity of rubbish than previous editions according to the garbage collector, who sees it as a consequence of post-covid. Le Parisien spent the night with him, a report to see in the video at the top of the article.