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7. Recycling of inert and non-hazardous waste
Building and public works waste in France represents 230 million tonnes (Mt) per year, or 70% of all waste in France. Since 93% of this waste is inert (unpolluted earth, rubble, concrete, bricks, tiles, etc.), the target set by the French Energy Transition Act is to recover 70% of this waste by 2020. We need to continue, and the challenge is to treat waste from the building industry (3% of all waste produced in France); this target will be reached in the next few years, despite the fact that 35,000 companies are craft businesses faced with difficulties in sorting, disposing of or collecting waste from specialized sites.
The recovery of inert waste does not require any special authorization to comply with the regulations of the French Environmental Code. However, the owner of the recovery operation must take all necessary steps to ensure that there is no impact on...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Concrete – Specification, performance, production and compliance – National supplement to standard NF EN 206 - NF EN 206/CN - Novembre 2014
Regulations
Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 19, 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (text with EEA relevance)
Law no. 75-633 of July 15, 1975 on waste disposal and materials recovery
Decision No 2000/532/EC of 03/05/00 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1 er...
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