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Extra-financial performance Being a major player in the circular economy

Rates achieved by the Group* 2021

Legislative target

2020

WEEE segment Recycling and recovery rates – refrigerated large household appliances (RLHA) Recycling and recovery rates – non-refrigerated large household appliances (NRLHA)

85% 85% 78%

93% 90% 83%

94% 90% 83%

Recycling and recovery rates, small mixed household appliances (SMHA)

Results from annual designation campaigns. *

New facilities At its Rennes site, the Group invested in 2021 nearly €1.8 million in a new recycling line dedicated to large household appliances (washing machines, dishwashers and tumble dryers). The “latest generation” sorting cabin allows better recycling rates and improves working conditions for operators. The site is operated in conjunction with the integration company ENVIE (14 employees on the site), which Derichebourg Environnement has been partnered with since 2007. The Group was also the winner of the France Relance plan (national recovery plan) and won the trophy for the best regional flagship project for its future refrigerated large household appliances recycling unit, which will be built in 2022-2023 in Bonneuil-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne, France). This line will complement the Group’s system in Île-de-France with the possibility of processing refrigerated large household appliances in the south of the region, and the Bernes-sur-Oise facility in the north. Work on the installation of the new refrigerated large household appliances treatment line at the Mejorada del Campo site (Madrid) began in 2020-2021 fiscal year and will be completed in 2022. Waste Management (WM) contracts The Group was also one of the pioneers for the reintegration of WEEE into the official collection circuit. Accordingly, in partnership with the ECOSYSTEM and ECOLOGIC eco-organizations and under “Waste Management” contracts, the Group has implemented WEEE sorting operations for batches of ferrous scrap metals intended for shredding on most of its different operating sites (140 sites including 17 shredding sites). These so-called “missing” WEEE (as they are outside of the eco-organization process) are reintegrated into the official stream to be processed in compliance with current regulations, and they are reported to eco-organizations.

This activity, which complies with the French energy transition for green growth law, was initiated in 2019 for professional WEEEs. Again in this context, the Group entered into a partnership in September 2019 with the ECOLOGIC eco-organization to handle professional kitchens. For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the Group contributed to reintegrating over 70,000 metric tons of WEEE into the official processing stream, up 27% compared to the previous fiscal year. Overall, the Group processed more than 225,100 metric tons of WEEE in its 11 specialist facilities in France. In line with this dynamic growth, and primarily due to its new facilities, the Group aims to increase its WEEE recycling capacity for the different streams in 2021-2022. Increasing research efforts into the processing 3.5.2.2 of shredder residue Measures implemented to address this include: extracting plastic parts that can be recycled; recovering the last metallic parts; separating the fine particles that can be used as a sub-base in road construction; preparing waste mixtures that are sufficiently standardized and compliant with specifications, allowing them to be accepted as a solid recovered fuel source for cement works, boilers or other manufacturers wishing to no longer use fossil fuels.

The table below sets out the distribution (for the French sites) of shredding residues according to their destination:

2022 targets

2021

2020

In thousand metric tons

Shredder residue generated

- -

224.0

199.8

Shredder residue sent for recovery

68.1

66.1

Proportion of shredder residue sent for recovery

40%

30.4%

33.1%

The amounts sent into the recovery stream include both the tonnages sent for energy recovery and the tonnages sent for material recovery, according to their gross tonnage. Every effort is made to find new ways to improve their recovery.

After several years of growth, the recovery rate fell slightly during the 2021 fiscal year, for various reasons such as the temporary closure of outlets following incidents.

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