242017 INTEGRATED REPORT

RENEWABLE ENERGY: SOLAR AND WIND BUT ALSO WASTE! Non-recyclable waste and biowaste constitute an energy resource with three virtues: it is local, it has low carbon emissions and it is economical for local authorities and industrial companies nearby. The sources are multiple (recycling rejects, green waste, sewage sludge) and expanding (with the new requirement to sort biowaste at the source in certain countries), and avenues for recovery are diverse (gas, electricity, heat, steam, solid recovered fuel). SUEZ is targeting both the agricultural and the industrial anaerobic digestion markets and improving the energy

efficiency of existing waste storage facilities, including making better use of the biogas they produce: in France today, for example, only 60% of the biogas captured in these facilities is recovered in the form of electricity or heat. An additional waste-to-energy solution for waste storage facilities is the production of biomethane, which has almost identical properties to natural gas. This is the approach taken by the WAGABOX®, launched by SUEZ in collaboration with Waga Energy and GRDF and resulting from ten years' development. After a purification stage, biogas is transformed into biomethane and can be injected into the GRDF gas distribution network to meet the needs of local users for heating, cooking, domestic hot water or fuel.

FROM WASTE COLLECTION TO SUPPLYING MATERIALS FOR PLASTIC PRODUCTION

A tonne of recycled plastic is equivalent to 1.6 tonnes of CO2 avoided! SUEZ is committed to doubling the volume of plastic recycled by 2021. How? By reviewing the plastic value chain. Step one: improving collection. Step two: transforming used plastics into resins that are equivalent to virgin resins and bringing high-quality recycled plastics to the market. Demand is growing strongly, driven by stringent regulations (the European Union is now targeting a recycling rate of 55% by 2025). This is the context in which SUEZ and LyondellBasell have agreed to set up a joint venture to produce recycled polymers: SUEZ supplies post-consumer plastic waste and LyondellBasell markets the raw materials produced by QCP (Quality Circular Polymers). The expected growth will help the competitiveness of the sector to equal that of virgin raw materials production. This partnership marks a new stage in SUEZ s strategy, which aims to increase the use of recycled polymers and help industrial producers to achieve their environmental targets.

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JEAN-MARC BOURSIER  GROUP SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP IN CHARGE OF FINANCE AND RECYCLING & RECOVERY IN NORTHERN EUROPE

We are committed to the resource revolution to designing and marketing the products and services of the circular economy. Because the circular economy offers a growth model that uses fewer natural resources and emits less CO2.

SUEZ is convinced of the growth potential that waste-to-energy represents for the Group and aims to achieve the target of 10 million tonnes of waste recovered in the form of sustainable energy by 2020. Development of material recovery is also one of our priorities.

FRÉDÉRIQUE RAOULT   DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT