Call for projects to reduce building waste

The construction sector is, with 227,5 million tonnes per year, the biggest producer of waste in France, with in particular the building which records an insufficient recovery rate, varying between 48 and 60% with uneven performances according to the materials, underlines the ministry. Of this 227,5 million tonnes per year of construction, 46 million come from the building industry.

The law for a circular economy, adopted on January 30, creates a polluter pays sector, expected in January 2022.

In the meantime, this call for projects, which relates exclusively to construction and not public works, is open from February 3 to September 25 as part of the Investment for the Future program. It aims to encourage organizational solutions or models (at the site or production scale) to reduce the amount of waste, increase the recycling rate and the share of recycled waste in construction.

The launch of this call for projects must be announced Wednesday by Secretary of State Brune Poirson during a visit to the Dawn of a company valuing carpentry objects. Projects "offering a potential for replication, massification and industrialization are sought", and the call is first addressed to companies, we add, with files to be filed with the Agence de l ' environment and energy management (Ademe).