French Solid Waste Partnership

Pole R, a local circular economy

Lucia Lopez — 2026-04-14T13:43:53Z

A 16 000 m² site dedicated to reuse, repair, and waste reduction.

8,000 m² managed as a third place, with shared spaces, equipment, human resources, and material resources.

Three buildings:

Anti-waste zone dedicated to food deposits,
Fabricanova : a cooperative hosting platforms for sorting, reuse, repair, and upcycling;
An incubator for new circular economy activities (textiles, sports and leisure items, wood).

– https://www.grenoblealpesmetropole.fr/327-le-soutien-a-l-economie-circulaire.htm

Murianette's Anaerobic Digestor

Lucia Lopez — 2026-04-14T13:01:13Z

A major project for the energy transition of the territory whose construction is underway

By the end of 2027, the composting center will be modernized and produce biogas from food waste.

Local and sustainable project, as well as the integration into the territory's energy transition strategy.
Circular economy and energy potential of food waste sorting.

– https://www.grenoblealpesmetropole.fr/actualite/213/45-centre-de-compostage-de-murianette-ou-les-dechets-deviennent-une-richesse.htm

The “non-vendor” campaign

Philippe — 2024-05-21T14:14:07Z

A national advertisement campaign to save our resources.

“Do you really need it?”

Four shorts humoristic videos to encourage people to ask themselves the right questions before buying.
Promoting responsible consumption solutions such as rental, repair and second-hand purchases.

https://epargnonsnosressources.gouv.fr/actualites/nouvelle-campagne-communication/

Energy Recovery at Toulouse

Philippe — 2024-05-21T11:02:21Z

Integrated planning across waste, energy and water sectors.

Tomato production for a competitive price thanks to an innovative concept.

Econotre, operated by SUEZ, uses the heat released by incineration of the waste to produce electricity.
Low-temperature energy is also recovered to supply heat to greenhouses.
The necessary proximity was made possible through integrated land planning.

– https://www.econotre.fr/

Extended Producer Responsibility

Philippe — 2024-05-21T10:44:31Z

Product vendors contribute to finance the recycling or final disposal of packaging waste to prevent pollution.

Product Responsibility Organisations are private companies accredited by the State:

They have to be controlled by public authorities to ensure equal service to all citizens;
They distribute the financial resources to the operators;
In the case of Syctom they contribute 11% of the total operating budget (2023)

– https://filieres-rep.ademe.fr/

Oil & Gas Waste Recovery

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:40:25Z

The ecological transformation of the oil industry in the Middle East.

Hazardous waste treatment at Al Ruways: the largest oil refinery in the Middle East.

Maximize resource recovery (water and oil) from oil and gas industrial waste, for reuse on nearby OpCo's (ADNOC Operational subsidiaries) industrial sites (recovery and reuse of petroleum resources).
Increase the green energy production capacity through an upcoming solar power plant.

– https://www.veolia.com/en/our-media/newsroom/press-releases/veolia-accelerates-hazardous-waste-treatment-activities-middle-east

WAGABOX® technology

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:10:27Z

A benchmark solution for landfill gas purification for recovery.

Coupling membrane filtration and cryogenic distillation to upgrade landfill gas into grid compliant biomethane:

Improvement in energy yield compared with cogeneration.
Optimized methane capture as there is no limitation in air concentration in landfill gas.

Example: WAGABOX® in Claye-Souilly, France:

Capacity: 130 GWh/y.
21,000 eqCO₂ avoided/y.
20,000 households supplied with biomethane.

https://waga-energy.com/en/

Ecocombust II

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:26Z

Black pellets from wood waste as a substitute for coal.

Wood waste conversion into black pellet to fuel the Cordemais coal-fired power plant.

Transformation of wood waste by steam cracking to produce 160,000 t of black pellets/year as an alternative fuel to coal.
The plant uses 250,000 t/year of B-wood and 40,000 t/year of Solid Recovered Fuels.

Recycled PET production

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:25Z

France Plastiques Recyclage.

Production of recycled plastic (rPET) as a substitute for primary PET:

45,000 t/year of PET bottles from selective collection processed
41,000 t/year rPET produced

– https://www.paprec.com/fr/france-plastiques-recyclage-derniere-ligne-droite-pour-les-travaux-dextrusion/

A waste to resources industrial system

Philippe — 2023-11-24T09:05:20Z

A systemic approach to reduce landfilling, recycle materials, and produce energy.

Municipal solid waste plant to valorize 80% of MSW by producing new raw materials, solid fuels and biomethane.

Materials Balance: for 100,000 t/y of MSW
Biomethane = 62 GWh/y
New raw materials = 6,000 t/y
Fertilising products = 12,000 t/y
Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) = 150 GWh/y

– https://www.trifyl.fr/un-nouveau-mode-de-gestion-des-dechets