Benjamin Percheron adds: Even if it takes several years to get there, we have a sufficient variety and quantity of raw materials to build large-scale production units. Every day, we work on defining the best technical conversion processes and identifying the best partners in order to build these environmental biorefineries.

Marion Crest is optimistic about the future of these new solutions. SUEZ vision consists of considering waste as new resources to supply the circular economy, and not as refuse to be disposed of. I find it very exciting to contribute to this paradigm shift! There are countless long-term benefits. The development of environmental biorefineries producing bio-sourced molecules from secondary raw materials will limit the use of fossil resources, reduce our consumption of the biosphere and favour the use of arable land to produce food. It s a means of combating global warming and the increased scarcity of natural resources. The day when this waste acquires a positive monetary value, we will be able to claim that our vision has become a reality!

We have to cope with the varying quality of the waste and the possible presence of contamination that is incompatible with the conversion processes and detrimental to their yield or the quality of the end product, explains Benjamin Percheron. We have to produce a proof of concept (POC) before proceeding to the industrial phase. This involves testing several ideas on a small scale (experimental POC) and then guaranteeing their applicability on a larger scale (demonstrative POC).

SUEZ vision consists of considering waste as new resources to supply the circular economy, and not as refuse to be disposed of.

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