Waste

According to the European Commission, resource extraction and processing accounts for half of greenhouse gas emissions, more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress. In France, 800 million tonnes of materials are consumed, producing 350 million tonnes of waste of which more than a third is not recycled. A shift to a circular economy is therefore crucial to reducing resource pressures, limiting carbon emissions and biodiversity loss.

This involves ecodesign to improve the recyclability of products and packaging, as well as upgrading sorting centres (robotisation, digitisation). Efforts are focused on the recycling of bio-waste, critical metals, plastics, textiles and new sectors (batteries, PV panels, wind turbines).