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Respect for the environment
as a fundamental value

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Over the last few decades, the regulatory
obligations governing the waste management
industry have changed considerably. The
CHIMIREC Group knows how to respond with rigour,
anticipation, and reactivity.

Question to
Jean-Hervé Fossat,
Quality, Safety and
Environment Manager,
CHIMIREC Dargelos

What does it mean for CHIMIREC to comply with
IED (Industrial Emission Directive) regulations in
comparison with BAT (Best Available Techniques)?

The IED regulation is a European directive on the
prevention and reduction of industrial emissions.
It includes a reference system of "Best Available
” Techniques" (BAT) and sets limit values for The PID, a high-performance control device
discharges into water, air, and soil. In the area of
waste management, a new BAT standard was adopted This device is used to measure the presence of gases
in 2018, requiring sites to be compliant by 2022. in the air and to identify their molecules. Within
After analysis, we find that our subsidiaries already the Group, we use it to measure concentrations
meet a large majority of the defined requirements. of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in the
The issue of diffuse atmospheric emissions resulting atmosphere, at waste treatment facilities and in
from waste management activities requires waste storage areas. The results provided by the PID
improvement actions on the part of the Group. enable to map diffuse VOC emissions at each of our
operating sites. Once this data has been collected for
the whole Group, we will implement the appropriate
solutions by 2022 as part of our working procedures
and operating techniques. ”

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