SUEZ deconstructs industrial sites in the end-of-life phase and decontaminates soil and water tables. The aim is to achieve optimum levels of recovery and reuse. From treating contaminated soil through to managing UXO clearance, SUEZ provides its expertise to industry to ensure regulatory compliance, re-use of assets and site safety.
The decontamination process is prepared following a rigorous procedure in several key stages.
A strict approach
To dismantle and decontaminate a site, we use a strict approach with several key steps.
Diagnostic: prior audit of the risks, the project scope and the human and technical resources to mobilise, through to defining a prevention plan
Hazardous waste removal: identification, sorting and preparation of waste for transportation
Dispatch to appropriate recovery and treatment streams
Site shutdown management: equipment and building disassembly
Fully control site deconstruction and transformation
We enable you to optimise management of the deconstruction and decontamination work:
Base the deconstruction project in a global strategy
Ensure the total safety of the work site and its legal compliance
Prepare work sites with a thorough understanding of the challenges posed by the site: definition of a strategy, site preparation, technical diagnostics
Lead and optimise activities: site organisation, legal and administrative management, project management
Analyse and manage the impact of the work on the site’s environment
Ensure safety and traceability
We guarantee extremely strict monitoring of health and safety conditions on our remediation sites.
One-time or continuous testing of the working atmosphere
Supply of protective equipment
Individual monitoring of each member of staff working on-site
Analysis, sorting and the possibility to choose channels
Complete traceability of all the waste produced on the site
Recovery
Combining deconstruction and waste recovery
Site deconstruction and decontamination includes the real-time monitoring of waste, management of hazardous waste, and recycling of waste that can be recovered as new resources.
Real-time waste monitoring
We implement digital waste tracking systems to:
Monitor the waste streams in real time (collection, treatment, recovery)
View your data and analyses, manage invoicing and regulatory and administrative monitoring from our digital platforms
Industrial cleaning for safe decontamination
Our sophisticated non-intrusive cleaning methods limit risks to health, safety and the environment.
Recycling complex products
Our procedures make it possible to recover materials of sufficient quality to be reused in industrial manufacturing processes:
Compliance with the recycling requirements set by the regulations: 50 to 80 % for WEEE and 95 % for end-of-life vehicles
Management of complex waste: waste composed of several materials and containing hazardous products (gas, adhesives, solvents and paint)
Managing hazardous waste
We provide the logistics for treating hazardous waste as part of deconstruction and decontamination operations, enabling you to:
Safeguard operations via our logistics system
Guarantee human safety and risk prevention
Reduce the environmental impact by optimising sorting, storage and transportation of hazardous waste
Benefit from waste traceability at the best price
Select the solution adapted to each type of waste
Recycling metal and glass
We offer glass and metal recycling solutions to transform waste into resources:
Optimise and safeguard resources
Produce replacement raw materials
Provide a secure supply of materials and cut costs
Save energy and contribute to the circular economy
The decontamination processes can be carried out at the place where the soils are located, or outside the site. Whether treating contaminated soils or managing pyrotechnical pollution, our experts operate to rehabilitate polluted sites and soils, thus creating the conditions for a second life.
UXO clearance
Our expertise also applies to the defence sector, with our specialised teams of explosives experts or E.O.D.(Explosive Ordnance Disposal) specialists:
Site audit
Destruction of objects
Raising and identification of targets detected
Breakdown of ammunition
Deconstruction of buildings
Adopting a suitable decontamination technique
We offer different decontamination processes according to the types of contamination and the configuration of the site:
Decontamination in situ
Off-site decontamination for excavated soil: treatment platforms to treat and recover polluted soil which is then reused (Neoter®)
Soil without excavating (standard procedures: venting, bioventing, sparging)
Biocentre® (a process using the natural action of micro-organisms to break down pollutants naturally)
Recover polluted soil in the form of alternative products for construction work (road beds, fill material, etc.) covering material for waste storage sites or material for precast concrete
