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Mid-way through its authority

approval period, how do you

feel about the work that has

been accomplished since

CYCLEVIA began its business

three years ago?

I can still picture us in February 2022, nine

people around a table in of f ices that had

only just been built with only the bare min

imum to get started Today in 2024 CY

CLEVIA is a wellstructured company with

a stable 15member team solid f inances

proven initiatives and objectives that have

been achieved This credibility is our prima

ry trump card when convincing marketers

reassuring our partners and encouraging

them to play an active role alongside us in

increasing the industrys circularity within

the next three years

for 2025 is a major turning

point. Is CYCLEVIA ready?

Yes, preparing this move from a purely

financial model to a combined model

mobilised the entire team. To select our

future waste oil collection and recycling

partners, the industry’s stakeholders

were included in the process to def ine

the procurement principles. This was

the essential condition for the invitation

to tender to meet the expectations of all

stakeholders. Internally, we have devel-

oped IT tools and recruited some of the

experts that we lacked in order to ensure

that the operations we are entrusted with

are carried out safely and seamlessly. At

this critical moment of our mission, all

this should guarantee both continuity

of service and quality, whilst optimising

costs so that each euro of the eco-fees

we receive is spent wisely.

Talking of which, eco-fees are

going to be reduced Why

When the producer responsibility or

ganisation was created we def ined an

amount that gave us the means to not

only act but to also ensure f inancial sta

bility when faced with f luctuations in the

market Three years later thanks to the

stability acquired and great cost man

agement we will be in a position to lower

ecofees in 2025 and 2026

What are your next priority

projects?

Firstly, to successfully transition to a com-

bined EPR scheme in 2025 and ensure

the rollout of our operational solution to

waste oils holders, including professionals

and local authorities. Then, strengthen

our work in the French Overseas Territo-

ries where each territory has its own reali-

ties and logistical challenges. Partnerships

to create collection points have been

signed with TotalEnergies in Mayotte and

Vulco in French Guiana. These now need

to be f inalised. We also hope to develop

local treatment solutions here which are

totally non-existent today. Then, if we

want to encourage nationwide circularity,

it is vital that our call for projects to build

a high quality regeneration unit in France

is successful. Lastly, we are working on

pooling our responsibilities with those of

the industry’s for sales packaging: con-

tainers and their contents both have to

be considered as one if we want to close

the circular economys loop

CYCLEVIA is a structured company, with a stable

team, solid finances, proven initiatives, and objectives

that have been achieved.”

One of our priorities is to successfully

transition to a combined EPR

scheme in 2025 and ensure the rollout of our

operational solution to waste oils holders

including professionals and local authorities

INTERVIEW

Work accomplished

mid-way through

its authority approval

period, review of the

past year, upcoming

transition to combined

EPR scheme, priority

projects CYCLEVIA

Managing director

André Zaf f iro provides

a detailed overview

of the producer

responsibility

organisations

situation

“Today,

CYCLEVIA

has all the tools

to achieve

its targets

by 2027”

How has the industry

evolved in 2024?

This year, we have recruited numerous

marketers, including car manufacturers

and equipment retailers, who were pre-

viously missing from the list. These new

members naturally increase the tonnages

reported: 431,000 tonnes placed on the

market in 2024 ie nearly 96 of the esti

mated quantities placed on the market In

terms of collection despite a structurally

declining market quantities remain stable

at around 240000tonnes with a collec

tion rate that remains above regulatory

targets As for regeneration itcontinues

to rise with a rate at 87

The transition to a combined

EPR scheme announced

ANDRÉ ZAFFIRO

Managing Director, CYCLEVIA