In 2024, the collection, depollution and recycling of household WEEE and lamps made it possible to combat:
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- The collection and recycling of materials from Household EEE and Lamps contributed to:
- avoid the emission of 507,832 tonnes of CO2 compared to the extraction of raw materials
- avoid the extraction of 4.15 million tonnes materials by placing recycled materials on the market instead of raw materials
- Removing pollutants from Household EEE containing gases (refrigerators, freezers, hot water tanks) enabled: 1.07 million equivalent tonnes of CO2 to be extracted and eliminated, corresponding to gases with a high global warming power that these pieces of equipment contain.
Our challenges to optimise the positive impact of our business:
- Reduce the environmental impact of the various stages in the recycling chain, for example by preserving the integrity of equipment (refrigerators, hot water tanks) containing refrigerant and insulating gases with high calorific values, during collection and processing
- Optimise the environmental benefits by regenerating more recycled materials of increasingly high quality. For instance, we are developing new technologies to extract strategic materials from printed circuit boards.
- Watch this video in French to find out how we can improve our environmental performance!