Promoting industrial ecology

Séché Environnement is permanently committed to entering into long-lasting partnerships with the territories where it is present and promoting a global strategy of sustainable development.

Based on local opportunities, treatment sites providing part of thermal energy that they recover from industrial users located in close proximity, accordingly participating in the preservation of natural resources. In 2010, over 430,000 tons of steam were sold to neighboring manufacturers, in Changé, Rouen and Salaise.

200 KWc of solar panels have been installed at the SVO site in Vigeant: two types of panels (thin and crystalline layer) and 5 different brands of panels and invertors. This is the only facility in Europe to carry out research and experiments. On this technical basis a solar learning institute was launched in association with Afpa, a leader in solar energy, to train craftsmen and Technical University Institute students, before opening to a larger public and extending its research to smart grids and intelligent grids to manage renewable energies.

Industrial ecology also permanently seeks the most adapted solutions to handle the waste of local authorities and industrial clients, promoting their recovery and developing new facilities that are even more adapted and secure.

In the next couple of months, we will see the development of a new process at the Sénerval site in Strasbourg, aimed at energy optimization of the unit and methanization of part of the incoming streams.

The choice of multimodal transport is also favored, when facilities are available (for example, on the Tredi Salaise site which can receive waste by railway freight).

In 2011, Séché will re-activate a railway track at the Longuefuye business park (Western France) in order to route waste treated at the Changé site (Western France) by train.

Promote industrial ecology to develop complete transparency on the activity of the Group`s sites, to put into place close-knit communication with local residents, associations and all stakeholders to establish a meaningful exchange on the activities. This commitment to transparency is also reflected in year-round visits that can be organized for the public so that each individual can discover the environment business.