Waste is increasingly important in our modern societies. As we consume more and more consumer goods, we logically throw away more! This is particularly true in the fields of high technologies (GSM, portable, IT, etc.) and plastic waste, more and more present in the environment, especially in the oceans where continents of plastics have been emerging for a few years! The impact of this plastic waste, especially micro-plastics, is disastrous on aquatic fauna!
The household waste or industrialists also represent a challenge for industrial decision-makers and politicians who are struggling to find sustainable alternatives to incineration and landfill! Here you will find information about the waste treatment or recycling the most interesting of which: direct recycling, i.e. their direct reuse (upcycling in English)
Exploring zero waste solutions in your daily life is essential for your health and the environment. Today’s drinks are often associated with plastic packaging or disposable containers. However, there are alternatives to remedy this waste. Use natural water filters Are you looking for an eco-friendly way to make your zero waste drinks […]
Adopted unanimously in the Senate on January 30, 2020 after being voted on in the National Assembly, the anti-waste law for a circular economy will gradually change the daily life of the French. Better manage, recycle, reuse, replace defective parts… such are the main lines of this new law. Update on the main measures, which will […]
Since January 1, 2018, China has decided to block the importation of many categories of waste. China is also the world's first recycling plant after being the world's first manufacturing plant! This decision poses many problems both in our countries and there. Analysis of the facts! A ban […]
Energy label: The UFC has just published a study on the performance and durability of products which are a growing concern for consumers. While the revision of the Energy Label Directive is still underway at European level, UFC - Que Choisir publishes the final results of a qualitative survey (1) which highlights the very […]
Convention on biodegradable waste bags intended for the collection of fermentable waste with a view to their organic recovery. The objective of this agreement is to encourage and optimize the management of the end of life of fermentable waste within the framework of appropriate organic recovery channels through the development of waste bags in […]
Bioplastics in France: large-scale distribution is committed On November 19, 2009, on the occasion of the Mayors' Fair, an agreement was signed by the Federation of Commerce and Distribution (FCD), the bioplastics manufacturers (Club Bioplastiques , Plastics-Europe and Elipso), the Association of Mayors of France (AMF) and the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, […]
Useful and useless packaging published by Agir pour l'environnement, cniid and France Nature Environnement. Find out more, read the file our bins and our household waste and 32 questions and answers on packaging Download the file (a newsletter subscription may be required): Waste: useful and useless packaging
“To be or not to be excited” report. 32 questions we ask ourselves about packaging ”, 1.2 Mo, published by the National Packaging Council (CNE) Introduction No one with a global solution, but everyone who owns a parcel, manufacturers of packaging materials and packaging, manufacturers of products from […]
Continuation and end of the file on computer pollution and new technologies Companies have an essential role here, with their energy-hungry equipment stocks, and every effort counts, including with regard to IT. It is now accepted that business computing - from desktops to servers - can count up to […]
Complete and synthetic file on the environmental impact of new technologies High-tech pollution The development of the digital society generates overconsumption of energy and a constant increase in products, materials… and electronic waste. The governments and the industrialists begin to take the measure of the ecological cost of the new economy and act timidly. But for […]
Treatment of motor vehicles at the end of their life After use, motor vehicles are crushed with household electrical products and demolition scrap in order to recover metals. This operation generates Crushing Residues (RB). About 25% of the initial weight of a vehicle is found in these BRs, of which a third […]
Keywords: recycling, collection, waste, recycling center, selective sorting, province of Luxembourg, Belgium, Idelux, Fost, Recupel… Sorting in practice for individuals. Part 2. Read the introduction: selective sorting in Belgium There, everyone gets busy with frenzy: dad unloads the product from the size of the hedges while mum gets rid with delight of […]
Keywords: recycling, collection, waste, recycling center, selective sorting, province of Luxembourg, Belgium, Idelux, Fost… Find out more: Read more: report on the container park in Belgium at Idelux Corresponding subject of forums Sorting in practice for individuals. To tell you more about selective sorting for individuals, there's nothing like a good example, […]
A new section on household waste is online. This section has been divided into several sub-headings (click to read them): - What do we do with our bins? - Recycling techniques - What is the packaging used for? - How to prevent waste? - Some advice for […]
How to prevent the creation of packaging waste? The best solution is to intervene as early as possible, that is to say during the production of the product! Here are some ideas and examples that manufacturers can follow to limit the impact of packaging on the environment. We have divided these preventive acts into […]
Prevention of packaging waste by consumers. Waste prevention, like most environmental problems, is a matter of societal choice. Each of us as consumers, citizens and taxpayers bears some responsibility and can contribute to improving the situation. Here are some tips: Avoid buying […]
What are the packaging for? A third of the weight of our bins comes from packaging. If we want to reduce the environmental impact of our waste, it is imperative to make an effort to reduce its quantity and harmfulness. But if the consumer, in front of his overflowing trash can, often has the impression that he has […]
Recycling of household waste Glass New glass is made from sand, sodium carbonate and lime, brought to 1500/1600 ° C. The used glass collected is remelted and reshaped for a new use. Advantages of recycling glass: It avoids having to dip into raw materials […]
Recycling household waste In the years to come, the selective sorting of our garbage will become more and more obvious. But this new habit is not always easy to take because we do not know the recycling channels well and we have not yet learned to recognize the different materials that make up […]
What do we do with our garbage? Our garbage cans are overflowing. Each year, a French person generates an average of 434 kg of household waste. But what happens to these mountains of garbage? For a long time, the choice for waste managers was simple: landfill or incinerate (with or without energy recovery). In short, we got rid of it […]
Promotional film / summary Biomethanation project in Africa featured on this page Read more: Biogas in Africa Download the file (a newsletter subscription may be required): biogas in Africa: Video
In Somalia, tsunamis brought up toxic waste The tsunamis which hit Asia last December have made it possible to rediscover radioactive waste illegally dumped by Western countries along the coasts of the African Horn. This is revealed in a report by the United Nations Environment Program, entitled “[…]
Industrial composting Key words: recycling, compost, composting, green waste, organic waste, recovery. France produces nearly 600 million tonnes of waste annually, of which more than 400 is organic waste. For the latter, composting is a rapidly developing treatment method, favored by the current regulatory and sociological context. […]
Nuclear: the radioactive waste puzzle Keywords: nuclear, waste, treatment, radioactive, ultimate. Achilles heel of nuclear power or controversial argument of environmentalists: the question of radioactive waste remains a puzzle, long minimized, today in the public square but without any definitive solution having yet been found. Most of this waste comes from […]
Plasma torch vitrification. Keywords: waste, treatment, incinerators, plasma, company. A unique know-how in Europe: a pioneer in the treatment of waste incineration residues by plasma torch, the company Europlasma is at the initiative of the first European unit for vitrification of fly ash from waste incineration housewives. The […]