Our infrastructure
Since it set up in 2004 on the Causse d'Auge in Mende, Environnement Massif Central has constantly reinvested in its work tools to make them as efficient as possible, with the aim of producing ever more value.
Today, we have a 23-hectare site, including 40,000 m² of covered buildings.
Different
platforms
These materials are compacted (scrap metal), shredded (wood, CIW) or packaged so that they can be sent for recycling.
Platform
scrap metal, metals
Wooden platform,
green waste
Sorting platform
and storage
A professional waste centre
This waste centre enables professionals to dispose of and recycle waste from their activities in accordance with the law.
A logistics platform
We have a logistics platform equipped with loading/unloading bays dedicated to WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
Located on a special 4,000 m² site, it includes an 800 m² building, which can be used for covered or uncovered storage.
WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. It's anything that runs on an electrical socket or is powered by
Using a battery (IT equipment, etc.) Selected through calls for tender, we collect and group together WEEE in the departments bordering Lozère and Lozère in France.
We refer them to recycling channels run by eco-organisations such as Ecosystem or Écologic.
Three automated sorting plants in three buildings of 6,000 m² each:
A specialised household waste sorting line
as well as bulky waste from waste collection centres and other non-hazardous waste from economic activities.
A specialised plastics sorting line
for sorting up to 10 different materials.
A 4.0 automated sorting unit
As early as 2018, recycling stakeholders agreed that sorting instructions needed to be simplified by 2023 (Law on Energy Transition for Green Growth) in order to massify sorting and increase volumes: the development stream was created.
It was against this backdrop that Environnement Massif Central was selected by CITEO as part of an AMI (Call for Expressions of Interest) to oversort new plastic packaging.
This sutri centre, based in Mende in Lozère, will have a capacity of 30,000 tonnes/year.
In accordance with the AMI specifications, it will incorporate the latest optical sorting and robotics technologies.
The ergonomics of the equipment and the working conditions of the operators have been particularly studied and integrated into the design of the centre.
The project also involved research into responsible energy consumption.
A line of
energy recovery
A SRF (Solid Recovered Fuel) preparation line producing a high NCV (Lower Calorific Value) fuel with a low chlorine and ash content.
A plastics washing/grinding and extrusion unit
A 12,500 m² building houses five plastic grinding/washing lines and three extruders.
Installation of a physico-chemical and biological purification plant to treat our process water
In 2024, Environnement Massif Central acquired a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that can process 10 m3/h of water from the washing of recycled plastics.
Most of the water used for washing comes from rainwater collected from roofs, and is continually reused in a virtuous cycle thanks to its physico-chemical purification and biological treatment in the plant's ponds.