ECT boosts the re-use of its inert soil.
The company provides communities with undeveloped landscaping using excavated soil. And since 2019, it has initiated a process to manufacture a 100% recycled fertile substrate: Urbafertil.
This pure recycling product is made from a mixture of inert soil and green waste compost. It’s a pertinent illustration of the circular economy of soil from construction and civil engineering projects for the greening of urban spaces. With well-known benefits for :
- climate,
- the creation of cool islands,
- soil permeability for rainwater,
- and for biodiversity.
This technosol is a technical, ecological and economical alternative to the use and transportation of topsoil.
In the Bois de Vincennes, on the Esplanade Saint-Louis, the city of Paris used this Urbafertil approach to create a technosol with complex specifications.
The media turned out in force to appreciate this in situ production.
Chaleur urbaine, report 3/5, “Un technosol fertile sur le parvis du château de Vincennes”, a dossier by Laurent Miguet, published June 26, 2020.
“Inert soil to green the surroundings of the Château de Vincennes”, by F.B published on May 27, 2020.
“Des substrats fertiles nésés de matériaux inertes”, issue no. 157 of June and July 2020
“A royal construction site for Urbafertil”, magazine no. 51, July-August 2020
“A responsible solution for greening the city”, article dated June 13, 2020
