At the invitation of Nelson Mandela and Pierre et Marie Curie elementary school, ECT teams met with pupils as part of an introduction to sustainable development and biodiversity. A January morning on the circular economy The morning session was an opportunity for ECT to raise students’ awareness of the issues involved in the circular economy of excavated soil from urban construction sites. With a very local example: the development of a belvedere and a new park in Porcheville, during the summer of 2022. The students were able to observe and touch the soil samples used on the site. “An instructive

Using soil from local construction sites, ECT is creating an urban park in Buchelay. Since March 13, ECT’s Buchelay site in the Yvelines region has been open to inert soil. The reception of excavated soil contributes directly to the creation of a new park at the entrance to the town. The site is located at exit 13 of the A13 freeway, before the toll booth, 4 km from Mantes-la-Jolie. To accommodate the trucks and guarantee safe access to the site, major work has been carried out on the RD 110. To ensure that traffic flows smoothly without risk, compulsory access

160 children from schools in Le Mesnil-Amelot and Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin took part in the greening of the “Eye of Heaven”. Work on the West Eye, named “Icare”, began in June 2022. After the earthworks, the work is completed with the planting. The schoolchildren’s visit: a high point in the project. Schoolchildren take an active role in their region At the top of the hill on the ECT site in Villeneuve-sous-Dammartin, schoolchildren were given a sneak preview of the “Eye in the Sky”. Now nearing completion, this work of land art was designed by architect Antoine Grumbach. It is carried out by