Currently, residual household waste (RHW) in France is either disposed of in landfill or incinerated. However, almost a third of this RHW is made up of bio-waste which, depending on the type, may have...
The Circular Economy Summit took place at Pollutec on 28 November 2018. The 600+ participants, hailing from 28 different countries, were in major part local governments, institutions, state agencies a...
Pollutec did not wait for the concept of the circular economy to showcase materials produced from recycling or from renewable sources (i.e. bio-sourced). Recycling and recovery have been at the heart ...
This summer, the French government and its General Secretariat for Investment launched three new calls for innovation projects on ecological transition(1). One of them, (“Economie circulaire – Ecoeffi...
European regulations have changed significantly in recent years (see the new “Circular Economy Package”, which incorporates four EU Directives revised on 30 May 2018). The aim is to improve waste mana...
Last November, during the last edition of Pollutec, our teams met with Sébastien Sureau, General delegate of the SEDDRe, the French Union of Companies working in Deconstruction, Depollution and Recycl...
The team at Pollutec 2018 met with Patrick Deixonne, founder of the ‘Expédition 7ème Continent’ (7th Continent Expedition) Initiative. The navigator and explorer alerted us on ocean plastic pollution ...
The road map for a circular economy: key points to remember A year after its launch, the ministry has produced a progress report on the road map for a circular economy (aka ‘FREC’). How do things stan...
In October 2018, France published the very first experimental standard on the management of circular economy projects. This voluntary standard (XP X30-901) enables companies and organisations to take ...
What is the textile industry doing for the environment? 2,150 companies (spinning, weaving, and dry filling etc.) represent the textile industry in France, 1,300 of which have fewer than 10 employees....
