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60 years of environmental commitment

PROMOTE
PROMOTE

THE SELECTIVE SORTING OF WASTE

As a player in the preservation of the environment,
CHIMIREC wishes to contribute to changes in
behaviour. Our subsidiaries open the doors of their
sites on a regular basis, as part of our commitment to
education and transparency in our activities.

The celebration of the Group's 60th anniversary was
carried on a national scale, with open days at most of
our sites, during which guided tours were organised for
our customers, suppliers and all stakeholders, and the
families of our employees.

Our waste collection, sorting and recovery businesses
deserve to be better known. They are the concrete
link between the education campaigns on the good
practices of sorting and the outcome of our waste
treatment activities.

Question to
Stéphane Heidmann
Director, be ambassadors of sorting to their parents! Even if
CDS Services. many pedagogical documents are made available
to schools, the reality on the ground reinforces the
impact of the approach. When we welcome a school
class for a guided tour of our site, we cannot help but
notice how curious the children are. It is really useful
and beneficial to answer all their questions.
Why do you welcome visiting children
on your site? Educating to the right actions
” In addition to the interest of recycling, we make
Because from a very young age, they need to
them aware of the harmful effects of certain types of
be awakened to sustainable development and
the preservation of the environment. They are
directly affected by the future of our planet and waste on human health and on the environment due
to their highly polluting nature. Batteries, light bulbs,
they must become its stakeholders. By showing household detergents, phytosanitary products,
them concretely how waste is treated and how we paint cans, etc. they exist in every household! It is
can recycle it, our aim is to encourage children important to explain to children the toxicity of all
to sort waste. At home and at school, it must these products. ”
become a reflex. In some families, they will even

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