Roquette makes "100% reuse" a concrete target
| Region(s) | France |
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| In domains | Agriculture, Reuse of Materials |
| Participants | Roquette |
Roquette is a French company that extracts starch from agricultural raw materials. The company has been striving to diversify its sectors for many years:
The ‘100% reuse’ is the business philosophy. This approach aims at re-using the waste as much as possible, either by creating value from it, or by recycling it.
-Reusing all corn-based products, including by-products: ex. for maize:
-Reusing biomass; all extractions and chemical transformations of Roquette products are carried out with water. The Lestrem-located water treatment plant processes 65t a day of COD (that is to say the equivalent capacity to that of a city of 650,000 inhabitants). The residual biomass is spread on the fields thanks to a great partnership with the farming industry, according to a very strict regulation.
- Recycling: wood, paper, board, plastics, batteries, specific chemicals such as catalysts, scrap iron and glass, are recycled through various reuse chains with recognized sub-contractors.
• This determination to reuse each by-product contributes to Roquette’s profitability and to its development.
• The company conveys a positive image . It contributes to its good integration in the neighbourhood.
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