“Fabricated Hills earth movement around Paris In its sixth issue, the international magazine “Accattone” devotes a dozen pages to ECT and its model for recycling excavated soil. Author Galaad Van Daele came to meet us in June 2019. And in this article, of great aesthetic quality, he relates his view of 2 ECT sites.  Firstly, his visit to the Parc de l’Arboretum, in Moissy-Cramayel (77), shaped by ECT from inert soil from Ile de France building sites. Then, his discovery of our biological treatment center for hydrocarbon-impacted soil in La Courneuve (93), the first of its kind to be entirely

Reforming the status of excavated soil Laurent Mogno, President of ECT, analyzes the current regulatory context for excavated soil and changes in its status. 5 questions for “In practice, everything you need to know about”. WHAT IS THE CURRENT REGULATORY CONTEXT REGARDING THE STATUS OF EXCAVATED SOIL? Excavated soil from the construction industry accounts for 40% of the volume of waste produced in France. Today, as soon as they leave their excavation site, they are legally considered as waste. The terminology and status of waste are poorly understood, and even cause anxiety among the general public, despite the fact that

It was with great emotion and sadness that all ECT employees learned of the sudden death of Gilles Chauffour, Mayor of Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin. Very attached to his commune and its economic and environmental development, Mr Chauffour welcomed ECT to Villeneuve sous-Dammartin. He has always been very supportive of our projects and actions. As evidenced by this comment left by him not long ago at ECT’s Google Maps address. “Magnificent head office. Château Napoléon III. Environmentally aware company. Beautiful Land Art project “les yeux du Ciel” underway on the Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin site. In place for the 2024 Olympics.” In these sad circumstances, the

On  June 22, 2019, Line Magne, mayor of Moissy-Cramayel and Laurent Mogno, president of ECT  inaugurated the new Arboretum park. Local residents and sports associations welcomed the creation of the new park. And let’s not forget the associations of disabled people who took part in drawing up the PMR specifications, and who were discovering how they would be implemented. This new park is the result of the reunification of 2 mounds of inert soil. It offers Moissé residents a new planted promenade, a landscaped, friendly space. The event was covered by various newspapers: “Moissy-Cramayel: le parc de l’Arboretum a poussé

At the heart of the action, on the Moissy-Cramayel site in Seine-et-Marne (77), Laurent Mogno, President of ECT, met Franck Boittiaux from Mat Environnement (Construction Cayola group). The meeting offered the journalist an opportunity to visit the new planted promenade and arboretum, which will be inaugurated in June 2019. And to show him around the summit plateau, which will continue to receive soil from neighboring construction sites for several months to come. It was also an opportunity to explain the different ECT professions: manager of excavated soil on behalf of its construction and public works customers designer of projects reusing

What will become of the excavated soil from the Grand Paris Express? asks Clémence Barral Long-term management? What is to be done with the excavated soil from the stations and the tunnel boring machines? Public authorities directly support certain projects. Others, such as “Les Yeux du Ciel”, are the brainchild of Antoine Grumbach and ECT. Read the article

Laurent Mogno, CEO of ECT: “Excavated soil from the Grand Paris Express is only part of the annual volume”. Interview by Rémi Cambau, for Cadre de Ville, Friday, June 21, 2019 [The leading soil recycling operator in the Paris region claims to handle between 12 and 15 million tonnes per year. “We’re a volume player,” sums up ECT’s CEO soberly, before adding: “In two and a half years, we find a job equivalent to all the soil that the Grand Paris Express will produce in twelve years.”]

RECYCLE INERT SOIL AND GREEN WASTE TO CREATE FERTILE SOIL As part of these reflections on urban metabolism, Plaine Commune is piloting a new call for projects. It is entitled “Building new recycling channels for building materials together”. The aim of ECT’s fertile substrate production is twofold: to recycle inert soil from construction sites and to recycle green waste compost. This mixture enables the rapid creation of technosols. PRESERVE TOPSOIL, STOP ITS IMPORTATION Topsoil is a natural resource that must be preserved. It is important to keep imports to a minimum. ECT’s fertile substrate represents a 100% eco-responsible alternative: Produced

Simon Boudvin, artist and teacher at ENSP, led a first EARTHWORKS workshop in partnership with ECT. The aim of the workshop? 4 days to design and create a work of art using 1000 m3 of soil. For this workshop, attended by some thirty students from the Ecole de Paysage de Versailles, ECT provided a site, inert soil, a bulldozer and its operator. What’s at stake? They are many and varied: Rediscovering the conceptual roots of Land Art Understanding this landscape rebuilt with inert soil Creating a landscape-scale object The gamble paid off! A new landscape appears! Photo credit Simon Boudvin