March 21, 2024 – To mark the International Day of Forests, Guillaume Lemoine, ECT’s biodiversity advisor, presents the transformation of the Van Pelt industrial wasteland in Lens into an urban forest. This project illustrates the ability of the circular economy of excavated soil to finance and restore a site. This promotional project biodiversity in the urban environment is supported by EPF Hauts-de-France, the City of Lens, CALL and ECT . Explore best practices and challenges in creating urban forests with Axa Biodiversité The video is taken from a tutorial produced by Axa Biodiversité, highlighting the best practices and challenges involved

ECT Hauts-de-France celebrates its first year. Julien Golaszewski, the company’s director, takes stock. How did ECT’s first year of development in the Hauts-de-France region go? It was a very intense year, rich in encounters and project development. We received an excellent welcome and strong interest from local public and private players. When the agency opened in November 2022, we had an operation in progress, the transformation of the Van Pelt site in Lens into an urban forest. A project led by the EPF des Hauts-de-France at the request of the local authority. This demonstration project for the ecological treatment of

“Financial leverage and project advice”: Activ’Cités highlights its urban market gardening project and its partnership with ECT. Visit ECT’s urban market gardening zone is nearing completion this autumn, after a month of inert earthworks,  terracing the plots and laying a fertile substrate. What are Activ’ cités’ plans for the Grenay site? Activ’cités is a local authority that works to improve the quality of life for residents of Bully-les-Mines, Grenay, Mazingarbe and Sains-en-Gohelle. With this in mind, the Régie is planning to set up a market-garden farm in this Grenay housing estate, which is part of a Priority Urban Neighborhood (Quartier Prioritaire de

ECT uses soil from construction sites to create a space for relaxation and recreation September 2023 | ECT Hauts-de-France opens a new site in Loison-sous-Lens. On the site, the reuse of excavated soil from local construction sites contributes directly to the creation of a new leisure and recreation area. Work is scheduled to take 4 months. Access The new ECT site is 2 km from exit 12 “Carvin, Harnes, Loison-sous-Lens” on the A21 freeway. To reinforce site access safety, compulsory routes must be taken on entering and leaving the site. Prior to evacuating their soil on the site, earthworkers must

ECT creates an urban market garden and orchard using land from construction sites In May, ECT Hauts-de-France opens a new site in Grenay. For 3 weeks, the excavated soil will be used to create an urban market garden. The site is 9 km from exit 7 of the A21 freeway. To accommodate trucks and guarantee safe access to the site, compulsory accesses must be used at site entrances and exits. To visit the site, you need a valid PAD and validation from ECT’s reservations department. The land is received under a strict control and traceability process. Find out more about