Recycling and waste recovery (operation of treatment units)

A comprehensive expertise serving the circular economy

For Energipole, waste recovery is much more than a business, it is a core pillar of our environmental commitment.
Thanks to the expertise of our various subsidiaries, we are able to handle all types of waste and transform them into valuable resources.

Our specialised subsidiaries, Ecodec, AER, Energipole Recycling, Energiserv, Energipole Espérance, Energipole Verde, and Energipole Solutions, work together daily to ensure innovative and efficient waste management.

Key figures

tonnes/year of waste treated, sorted, and recovered

tyres recycled per day

end-of-life vehicles depolluted, treated, and recovered per year

boats depolluted and dismantled per year

%

of WEEE components recovered

%

of collected glass recycled locally

MWh/year of electricity produced through biogas recovery

Types of waste treated and recovered

Household recyclable waste

Cardboard, paper, plastics, and metals from selective collections (yellow bins, collection points) are sorted in high-performance industrial facilities.

📍Ecodec (Guadeloupe)

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Example

untreated wood is locally reused as mulch under the GwadaBois brand.

Industrial and professional waste (IPW)

Waste generated by companies, craftsmen, or construction sites, plastics, cardboard, wood, metals, rubble, is sorted at source, grouped, and recovered according to its nature.

📍 Ecodec (Guadeloupe),  Energipole Recycling (Var)

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3,000 tonnes/year

Pastic waste

Films, packaging, and rigid or technical plastics are sorted by composition, then sent to recycling or transformation channels.

📍 Ecodec (Guadeloupe), Energipole Recycling (Var)

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

Fridges, water heaters, air conditioners, washing machines, screens, small appliances… are depolluted and recycled to recover their components (metals, plastics, glass).

📍 AER (Guadeloupe), Energipole Recycling (Var)

Waste from equipment and furniture (WEE)

Energipole Espérance works with eco-organisations to recycle and recover end-of-life furniture.

📍 Energipole Espérance (Guadeloupe)

End-of-Life Vehicles (ELV)

Cars, two-wheelers, and utility vehicles are depolluted, dismantled, and recovered in compliance with environmental standards.

📍 AER (Guadeloupe), Energipole Recycling (Var)

Household glass

Bottles, jars, and flasks are recycled locally into glass sand or gravel, used in construction and landscaping.

📍 AER (Guadeloupe)

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Example

product marketed under the GwadaGlass brand.

Used tyres

Tyres are recycled into flexible materials for landscaping, such as stabilising tiles.

📍Ecodec (Guadeloupe)

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Example

local transformation under the GwadaPark brand.

Organic and biowaste

Green waste, vinasse, sludge, and food waste are industrially composted to produce a high-quality local organic amendment in Guadeloupe.
At the same time, Energipole Solutions offers methanisation technologies to produce biogas from organic waste.

📍 Energipole Verde (Guadeloupe), Energipole Solutions (Paris)

Residual household waste

Residual household waste is sorted in high-performance industrial facilities.

📍Energipole Solutions (Paris)

Ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Copper, aluminium, brass, stainless steel, motors, radiators, scrap metal… are collected, weighed, purchased, sorted, treated (shearing, shredding, etc.), and sent to recycling channels.

📍 Energipole Recycling (Var), AER (Guadeloupe)

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Service open to individuals and professionals, with purchase at market price.

End-of-Life Boats

Sailboats, motorboats, jet skis, and professional vessels are depolluted, dismantled, and recovered.

📍 Energipole Recycling (Var)

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Approved APER channel (free disposal for pleasure boats)

Construction and demolition waste

Soils, aggregates, ballast, wood, slags, and industrial by-products, Energiserv and Energipole Remediation provide screening, crushing, sorting, and mechanical preparation solutions on-site or directly on construction sites to promote material recovery and resource efficiency.

📍 Energiserv (Mondelange and Soissons), Energipole Remédiation (Santes and Eppeville)

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Services available on operational sites, quarries, slag heaps, and construction sites.

Non-hazardous residual waste

Currently non-recyclable waste is safely landfilled in authorised facilities with energy recovery.

📍 Energipole Espérance (Guadeloupe)

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Biogas converted into electricity (8,420 MWh/year).

Operation of treatment units

To recycle all these waste streams, Energipole Solutions operates several facilities on behalf of local authorities and industrial partners, including:

Sorting centres, composting platforms, recovery units
Installation of robotic sorting lines for biowaste
Design of methanisation units
Technical management, regulatory compliance, and performance monitoring
Expertise in outsourced management, ICPE operations, and energy optimisation

📍 Energipole Solutions (Paris)