Recycling and reuse at the Van Pelt site in Lens
A project in partnership with the EPF Hauts-de-France, which supports a wide range of recycling and reuse initiatives. Creating an urban forest from excavated construction soil The renaturation of the site is possible thanks to the application of the principle of the circular economy of inert soils. By reusing excavated soil from local construction sites, this wasteland can be rehabilitated and transformed. Renaturation and planting operations are financed by ECT through the contribution of excavated soil. Recycling for biodiversity On the site, abandoned nozzles will be reused: they will become a habitat for hibernating bats. Sand brought in from the
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