From Selective Waste Sorting to Recovery

Veolia Environmental Services uses the most innovative technologies to meet the needs of companies and public authorities for everything from waste sorting & recovery to the creation and operation of facilities. Our solutions cover a broad range of activities:

• Material recovery, which treats waste such as paper, metals and waste electrical and electronic equipment to salvage secondary raw materials.
• Agricultural recycling, which revitalizes soil by converting organic waste to compost and organic conditioners.
• Energy recovery of non-recyclable waste, which produces electricity and powers district heating networks.
• The recovery of biogas produced by landfilled waste.

All of these recovery channels help economize raw materials in a world faced with a growing scarcity of natural resources.

Actions to reduce and avoid greenhouse gas emissions are being implemented throughout our activities. In the recycling activities operated by Veolia Environmental Services, this results in the following actions:

• Increase material recovery rate to save energy.
  8.7 million tonnes of raw material have been recovered.
  In the 308 non-hazardous waste recycling facilities, 6.1 million tonnes of material have been recovered.
  Paper and cardboard represent the most significant part of the materials recovered: 2.8 million tonnes of paper have been recovered, limiting deforestation and avoiding the emission of 1.1 million tonnes CO2eq.
• Produce substitute fuels (waste oil, refuse derived fuels...)
  340,000 tonnes of hazardous waste have been recycled to produce substitute fuels.