A player in sustainable development - Dalkia

10 million
metric tons of waste
recycled in 2007
+34% compared with 2006.
Recycling: a virtuous circle
Scrap metal now accounts for over 40%
of steel production in Europe and more than 57%
in North America. Production in Europe of
recycled aluminum has tripled in 20 years.
As for recovered cellulose fi bers, their use
in global paper production hit the 50% mark
in 2007. Secondary raw materials are therefore
now indispensable in the manufacture of
a growing number of products.
They will become increasingly so as demand
becomes more infl uenced by globalization,
primary raw materials become scarcer and
more expensive, and recycling technologies
become more effi cient. Veolia Environmental
Services’ strengthened positions in the paper
and cardboard and scrap metals markets are
an integral part of its sustainable strategy
for “turning waste into a resource.”
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