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Our composting activities help revitalize soil by transforming organic waste into fertilizer. Sorting waste, treating waste, operating dedicated composting centres… the services we offer cover the entire composting chain, thus providing farmers and municipalities with green waste recovery solutions.
Sites of excellence
Organic household waste, urban and industrial sludge, green waste… Our composting centres use innovative treatment processes to recover all types of organic waste. In the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, for example, we have developed a pilot methane production unit, capable of producing both fertiliser and electricity from the gas released during fermentation. Backed by France’s Environment and Energy Management Agency (the ADEME) and the European Union, the initiative will enable us to assess the technical, economic and environmental benefits of this totally new technique. At Dandenong in Australia, meanwhile, our composting facility has been certified by the Australian Greenhouse Office.
Products of recognized quality
The quality and traceability of our products is particularly important to us, as is complying with current standards. As a result of our efforts, our composts have been awarded 9 European Ecolabels, which guarantee the environmental quality of the end product. The compost produced at France’s new Launay-Lantic plant in the Côtes d’Armor even exceeds the requirements of AFNOR’s upcoming NFU 44 051 standard and those of the local fruit and vegetable business council, CERAFEL. This performance has been made possible by the use of cutting-edge techniques: a bio revolving system, a ballistic and magnetic separator to remove glass and metal objects, etc.
Our quality commitment
Ever since 1997, France’s Environment, Energy and Waste Research Centre (CREED) and the French Institute for Agricultural and Food Research (INRA) have been assessing the agricultural value of using our composts made from municipal waste. France’s National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM) and the ADEME are also helping us to study the health implications of using our composts, notably as regards pathogenic germs. The CREED’s studies have shown that by controlling ventilation, the structure of the waste mass, the temperature profile and the composting production process, these germs and any odours can be eliminated.
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