How do we help authorities reduce their footprint?

Management of public water and wastewater services

Bassin de Brive (Cantal, France)

Our goal: reduce the quantity of water withdrawn from the natural environment by 21% in 7 years.

Our actions:

• Deployment of remote metering to enable users to track their use in real time, reduce it and detect possible leaks.
• Introduction of a customisable application to help reduce consumption, in conjunction with remote metering.
• Leak prevention with more pipes replaced and shorter lead times for repairs.
      

Waste prevention, reduction and reuse

Grand Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne, France)

Our goal: reduce the production of waste in the region by 10% in 10 years. 

Our actions:

• Shredding of green waste by households.
• Distribution and installation of more than 200 composters.
• Deployment of “Mon Service Déchets” website and app.
  
• Installation of smart waste meters in dustbins.
• Collection and recovery of biowaste, differentiated by housing type and activity.
• Opening of a second-hand store to encourage the donation of unused items, their repair and reuse.
• Count of household refuse and recyclable waste bins to support residents in dealing with their waste.
      

Reduction of waste intended for energy-from-waste plants 

Lunel-Viel (Hérault, France)

Our goal: reduce the production of waste and lower the tonnage sent for energy recovery by 25% in 10 years. 

Our actions:

• Extract biowaste from household refuse through the distribution of individual and collective composters, awareness actions and farm composting.  
• Promote the donation, reuse and repair of bulky items and reduce the quantity sent for energy recovery at end of life (awareness of users in householde waste recycling centres, introduction of an extra sorting platform, fixed and mobile second-hand stores and repair workshops). 
• Sort more recyclable household packaging, and improve sorting.
  
• Deployment of “Mon Service Déchets” app for information on waste management and offer tips and advice on sorting and reducing waste.
  
        

Household waste disposal

Greater Manchester (United Kingdom)

Our goal: improve recycling rates over 7 years and avoid sending more than 96% of household waste to landfill.

Our actions:

• Operation of 41 facilities over 24 sites (including 4 mechanical treatment and Rail Head reception facilities, 20 household waste recycling centres, 8 transfer loading stations, a thermal recovery plant and a materials recovery facility). 
• Optimisation of recycling facilities to process more waste.
• Reuse initiatives in aid of the Mayor’s Charity to help the homeless.
  
  

1) Performance-based contracts are a new business model that takes stakeholders into account and shares out the profits: consideration of the impact of performance on the total management cost, payment of a bonus or levying of a penalty depending on the achievement of a minimum performance target, award of a share of the bonus to the partners associated with the contract.

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