Aéroports de Paris - 2019 Universal registration document
SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY INFORMATION 15 IMPROVING OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Achievements and results SORTING AT SOURCE AND WASTE RECOVERY
◆ the organisation of information conferences or events (as part of the European Sustainable Development Week) on the subject; ◆ organisation of events to promote donations and the circular economy. In addition, a working group with Sciences Po students has been meeting since September 2019 to discuss the circular economy, with the aim of identifying projects to be launched in 2020. Results When the professional uniforms of Aéroports de Paris staff were changed, 21 tonnes of old uniforms were collected by various recycling organisations. They were distributed as follows: ◆ 43% as donations to charitable organisations (Red Cross, Emmaüs, etc.); ◆ 30% for transformation and creation (including pieces for Haute Couture by Atelier Renaissance);
The waste collection and processing contracts for the Paris airports (granted to the same service provider) provide for an increase in recycling rates by improving the waste sorting systems at the treatment centres of the collection service provider. Biowaste and non-hazardous waste are sorted by channel. On the sites, all administrative offices have recycling points for paper and printer cartridges. In terminals, sorting bins are installed upstream and downstream of the checkpoints. All of the measures to encourage at-source sorting of waste at Aéroports de Paris made it possible in 2019 (at the end of 3 th quarter of 2019) to recover 41.2% of internal non-hazardous waste, i.e. packaging waste, bio-waste and other waste similar to household waste (36.1% in 2018). The recovery rate for internal and external non-hazardous waste (third-party waste) is 25% due to lower sorting and recycling performance internationally (difference in legislation, local infrastructure and the waste market). As for the recovery of works project waste, work is underway with service providers to obtain detailed monitoring and improve the recovery rate. DEVELOPMENT OF BIO-WASTE PROCESSING Aéroports de Paris carries out various actions for the selective collection and recovery of bio-waste, which include: ◆ organisation of bio-waste processing at a methanization plant. For example, over 1,300 tonnes of bio-waste were converted into electricity by the Bionerval methanization unit in 2019. The digestates (methanization residues) are given to farmers free of charge for use as fertilisers; ◆ collection of cooking oil at Paris-Orly’s company restaurants for transformation into agro-fuel at the Oleo Recycling site in Etampes. A similar experiment is underway at Izmir Adnan Menderes airport; ◆ production of a communication booklet on processing leftover food. WASTE REDUCTION In addition to these initiatives to improve the sorting and recovery of waste, other actions are focused on reducing the waste produced, and in particular on combating food waste. Information campaigns are carried out among operators in airports, inter-company restaurant service providers and the Works Council, which manages six restaurants (five restaurants and a snack cafeteria) at the Paris platforms. There is also a working group with Sciences Po students to consider ways of improving the fight against food waste. In addition, trials were launched in 2019 at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle platform through the installation of compactors to identify the producers of waste and weigh the amounts deposited, with the aim of improving understanding of waste production and of possibly establishing a polluter- pays system. DEPLOYMENT OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND REUSE In line with these actions, Aéroports de Paris also promotes the circular economy through various recurring initiatives such as: ◆ regular collection and recycling of used work clothes, books and tensabarrier systems (which are recovered in the form of promotional items);
◆ 26% for unravelling; ◆ 1% for incineration.
Preservation of natural resources Protection of biodiversity Policy
With more than 6,000 hectares of land in the Paris region, Aéroports de Paris is directly involved in the preservation and protection of biodiversity. The 2017 materiality study accordingly showed that the preservation of the natural environment and air quality is a very important issue (8.1/10). Biodiversity is one of the six priorities of its 2016-2020 environmental and energy policy and is included in its sustainable development objectives. Objectives The consideration of biodiversity in our activities is organised around three objectives: ◆ define and deploy an ecological land development plan; ◆ conduct a biodiversity study for structural projects and for all airports; ◆ continue to reduce, by 50%, the consumption of phytosanitary products between 2008 and 2020. In addition, as part of Act4nature, Groupe ADP is committed to: ◆ ensuring it knows about the biodiversity present at its airports via regularly updated fauna/flora inventories; ◆ integrating a prospective vision of its developments taking the preservation of the biodiversity into account; ◆ reinforcing the ecological management of its landscaped areas; ◆ raising awareness and implementing participative approaches with its stakeholders. In December 2019, the Company renewed this voluntary commitment to the Entreprises Engagées pour la nature – Act4nature France schemes, which are reinforced and supported by the French Agency for Biodiversity, to define action plans for post-2020.
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