QUALITY, SECURITY, TRACEABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY :
environmental ethics
Thanks to the complementary nature and industrial performance of the treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... sites operated by Séché Environnement, it is able to treat all types of non-radioactive waste, even the most difficult ones. The facilities use the best available techniques and meet the highest safety standards.
All the sites are committed to a total approach to progress and hold a certification for environmental quality or safety at least, in anticipation of future regulations.
The decree of April 18, 2002 stipulates what hazardous wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is. It lists 14 hazardous properties, including: explosive, harmful, carcinogenic, mutagenic, etc.
Hazardous wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... producers are mainly :
manufacturing firms, craftsmen
households: DIY, gardening, etc. (HHW: Hazardous Household WasteWaste from the non-professional activities of individuals in their home. Not considered as household waste: - Waste resulting from a professional activity, ... collected at wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... reception centers).
Health care sector (IMW: Infectious Medical Waste).
Due to its physical, chemical or biological properties, wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... with health or environmental risks cannot be treated in the same facilities as household and similar waste.
Séché Environnement has a number of incinerator treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... units to propose an offering adapted to all types of hazardous waste, even the most specific ones. WasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... accepted can be packaged or loose, solid, pasty, liquid or gaseous.
Direct centers have been set up at the Salaise and St Vulbas sites in order to offer a tailor solution for certain wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... requiring special treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... (for example: highly toxic or odorous waste).
WasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is accepted after undergoing analyses, as part of an acceptation procedure to determine a treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... solution that guarantees the handling of waste, under the best environmental and sanitary conditions.
Facilities are equipped with fume treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and purification systems, before being released into the atmosphere, going well beyond regulatory requirements, in line with the Group's objectives to anticipate future regulations. Emissions are measured and analyzed continuously and controlled by certified laboratories. They are also monitored by DREAL (Regional Directorate of the Environment, Land-Use Planning, and Housing).
The thermal energy released by fume treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and purification facilities is recovered in the form of electricity and/or steam.
All the sites are managed based on a total approach to progress validated by certifications (for environmental quality or safety), in anticipation of future regulations.
Séché Environnement is operating the first ISO 14001Standards related to environmental management certified Hazardous WasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... Storage Facility in the world at Changé (Western France). Only wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... in mineral and solid form is accepted at this type of facility. Their acceptance is subject to preliminary analysis, as part of a specific procedure.
WasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is stored in quality assured dedicated cells with impermeability levels well beyond regulatory requirements to guarantee the preservation of the environment in the long-term. Traceability is ensured by 3D-management of the fill, which enables topographical tracking of stored waste.
All incoming wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is analyzed and undergoes leachingExtraction of a soluble compound from a powdered substance, through washing and percolation processes. (to measure the solubility of water pollutants). If thresholds set by regulations or orders from the Prefect's Office are exceeded, the wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is subject to pre-treatmentA process modifying the chemical composition or physical characteristics of waste and which requires additional treatment or controlled disposal. The primary ... for stabilization. This technique (the Piertec process developed by the Group) traps all micro-pollutants contained in the waste, rendering it inert or stabilized.
Once they are filled, the cells are rehabilitated, in compliance with Séché Environnement's commitments to safeguard biodiversity.
All the sites are managed based on a total approach to progress validated by certifications (for environmental quality or safety).
Séché Environnement operates physical-chemical treatmentThese treatments include emulsion breaking, neutralization, dechromatation, cyanide removal, dewatering, resin regeneration and dechlorination. centers (see also) dedicated to liquid hazardous industrial waste, often with a high mineral content, contaminated by heavy metals, cyanides, hydrocarbons, etc.
TreatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... is based on the type of waste: the treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... of ion-exchanging resins, pH neutralizationThe neutralization of an effluent involves bringing its pH (through acidification or alkalization) to a set value as required (e.g. between 7 and 10.5 for the ... (acid-base), cracking of oily emulsions by centrifugation, biotreatment, etc.
Sludge (see also) from the treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... of certain wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... may be subject to product recovery.
These centers benefit from knowhow and over 30 years of experience in the chemical industry as well as recent work performed by the Group's R&D laboratory.
All the sites are managed based on a total approach to progress validated by certifications (for environmental quality or safety), in anticipation of future regulations.
Non hazardous wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... does not present any of the 14 hazardous properties listed in the Order of April 18, 2002. Commonly known as household and similar waste, it includes wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... from households and local authorities, as well as all Ordinary Industrial WasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... (OIW) or wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... from businesses.
Thermal treatmentTreatment of waste through the use of heat. This includes incineration, pyrolysis and thermolysis. facilities (see also) operated by Séché Environnement provide a treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... solution for household wasteWaste from the non-professional activities of individuals in their home. Not considered as household waste: - Waste resulting from a professional activity, ... and ordinary industrial wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... that cannot be recycled.
Incoming wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is burnt at very high temperatures in furnaces that can accommodate combustion of this type of waste.
Facilities are equipped with fume treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and purification systems going well beyond regulatory requirements , before being released into the atmosphere, in line with the Group's objectives to anticipate future regulations. Emissions are measured and analyzed continuously and controlled by certified laboratories. They are also monitored by DREAL (Regional Directorate of the Environment, Land-Use Planning, and Housing).
The thermal energy released by fume treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and purification facilities is recovered in the form of electricity or steam.
All the sites are managed based on a total approach to progress validated by certifications (for environmental quality or safety), in anticipation of future regulations.
Séché Environnement operates several storage facilities to handle non hazardous household and similar wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... that cannot be recycled.
The cells help confine wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... in specially planned spaces to collect all the effluents derived from their natural degradation: leachatesLiquid containing bacteria and/or chemicals resulting from the degradation of waste after water has flowed through waste, contained in a disposal site or ... and biogas. They are designed according to diagrams specific to the Group's requirements for environmental excellence and include equipment that exceeds those required under regulations in force, especially in terms of impermeability.
The biogasGas produced by anaerobic breakdown of the organic matter contained in certain waste. arising from the decomposition of wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... is systematically captured and redirected to equipments that recover energy for electricity production.
In the continual search for optimization of energy recovery, some sites have developed original forms of cogeneration. The Changé site (Western France) provides steam to a neighboring agricultural plant, as part of an industrial ecology strategy. The Vigeant site (86) implemented a pilot plant for the industrial cultivation of micro-algae to produce eco-fuel.
All the sites are managed based on a total approach to progress validated by certifications (for environmental quality or safety), in anticipation of future regulations.
Steps to integrate and monitor the environment were implemented, in compliance with the Group's requirements to place the protection of biodiversity as a priority. Five ecologists across different sites monitor species, develop differentiated management and implement steps for the rehabilitation and integration of the landscape in the post-operation phase.
Issues relating to accidental pollution, residual pollution, and prior existence of pollution must be addressed by industries or local authorities in the interest of all. Séché Eco-Services, a subsidiary specialized in site rehabilitation, offers comprehensive site decontamination and renovation solutions integrating contaminated soil treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and recoveryProcess that restores the physical-chemical characteristics to waste enabling it to be used as an alternative to virgin raw material. techniques.
Le groupe prend en charge la valorisation, le traitement ou l’élimination des terres contenant des polluants organiques ou métalliques.
Prise en charge des déchets stockés sur le site, quels que soient leur nature et leurs contenants, et évacuation après analyse vers la filière la plus adaptée (stockage, traitement thermique (voir aussi) ou physico-chimique)
The Group handles the recovery, treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... and elimination of soils containing organic or metallic pollutants.
Management of wasteAccording to French Act No. 75-633 of July 15, 1975, any residue from the production, transformation process or use of any substance, material, product or more ... stored on the site, regardless of its type or container, and disposal to the most adapted facility after analysis (storage, thermal or physical-chemical treatment);
Containment, packaging and disposal to the most suitable treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... facility;
Off-site treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... or recoveryProcess that restores the physical-chemical characteristics to waste enabling it to be used as an alternative to virgin raw material. of soils in an adapted facility;
On-site treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... of polluted soils: biotreatment (hydrocarbons, solvent, etc.), physicochemical treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... (see also) (mercury, chromium, lead, etc.), containment, stabilization and / or mechanical improvement, etc.
On-site treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... of effluents: physicochemical treatmentPhysical, thermal, chemical or biological processes, including sorting, which modify the characteristics of waste so as to reduce its volume and dangerous ... (see also) (suspended matter, metals, hydrocarbons, etc.), volume reduction, sludge dehydration.
Rehabilitation of household wasteWaste from the non-professional activities of individuals in their home. Not considered as household waste: - Waste resulting from a professional activity, ... landfills or private landfills (industrial landfills); for example, the La Gabarre site in Guadeloupe.
Management and optimization of disposal facilities: storage, thermal treatmentTreatment of waste through the use of heat. This includes incineration, pyrolysis and thermolysis. (see also), recovery, etc.
