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The global market for recycling services, including organic waste management, is growing at a steady 5%. Organic waste represents around 46% of total waste volume.
The global food waste management market is worth over $55 billion.
The total amount of waste produced per capita each year is 13.8 tonnes. Biological waste management therefore represents 14% of all waste treatment.
France produces 354 kg of household waste per inhabitant per year, a third of which is organic waste.
Restaurants and grocery stores, the main generators of kitchen waste, are obliged to sort their bio-waste. The agriculture and gardening sector produces both organic waste and compost.
The sector faces problems such as stagnating volumes of recycled organic waste and a shortage of quality outlets for recovered organic materials.
Methanization units show modest profitability which, without public subsidies, may not be financially viable for many operators.
The Ecological Transition Act of 2025, which makes source separation of food waste mandatory.
Market players Collection and management service providers
- Cocycler and Love Your Waste: These companies specialize in the crucial first stage of the process, namely the collection of organic waste.
Innovative on-site solutions
- AxiBio and Upcycle: These companies provide modules that enable individuals and organizations to process their organic waste where it is produced. Pioneers in methanization
- Helioprod: This company is actively involved in the development and operation of methanization units.
Compost producers
- Val'Id, Moulinot and Ecosec: These companies have developed their expertise in compost production.
Waste recovery specialists
- BioMimetic and NextAlim: These companies use insects to process organic waste.
Alternative recovery technologies
- BioPhenol and Gecco: BioPhenol produces bio-based chemicals, while Gecco focuses on the recovery of cooking oils.
Advocates of home composting
- Ekovore promotes self-sufficiency in organic waste disposal through its home composting solutions.
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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition
Organic waste is a category of waste originating solely from living organisms, be they animals or plants. This detritus decomposes thanks to micro-organisms and bacteria, and can thus be recycled to produce various sources of energy or fertilizer. There are several ways of recycling this waste, the main ones being composting (aerobic digestion) and methanization (anaerobic digestion). The global waste treatment market is constantly expanding. The growth of the world's economies has mechanically led to an increase in the amount of waste produced. Treatment of this waste is therefore increasingly important.
The France is the 11th country in the European Union to produce the most waste per inhabitantwith an average of 539 kg/capita/year by 2022. Organic waste can be broken down into three main categories, which account for the vast majority of waste: green waste, food waste and sewage sludge. [Eurostat]
Recovering organic waste therefore requires collection at various levels. Several companies have specialized in this field, and according to the French Ministry of Ecology, local players are playing an increasing role in the management of bio-waste.
In a sector subject to stringent regulations, the prospects for development remain significant, particularly with the objectives of the law on ecological transition by 2025, which among other things calls for the sorting of food waste at source. According to Les Echos, new technologies, such as pyrogasification, are constantly renewing market opportunities.
1.2 Global situation
On a global scale, the market for recycling services, all components combined, was valued at $*,*** billion in ****. For the period ****-****, it had an estimated CAGR (***) of *.*%.
Waste treatment services market size World, ****-****, in billions of dollars Source: ****
Another key segment of the organic waste recycling industry is the global ...
1.3 European overview
Municipal waste
Municipal waste, also known as urban waste or municipal solid waste, refers to waste generated by residents, businesses and institutions in a given urban area. It encompasses a variety of materials and wastes generated in the residential, commercial and industrial areas of a community. Municipal waste generally includes household ...
1.4 In France, priority to local actions
France's environmental balance sheet for May **** shows the breakdown of waste by sector: we can see that the vast majority of waste comes from the construction sector at ***,*** thousand tonnes, followed by households at **,*** thousand tonnes.
Waste production by sector France, ****, in thousands of tonnes Source: ****
According to Ademe calculations, based ...
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Municipal organic waste
ADEME draws up the following summary table for the composition of municipal waste, i.e. that managed by local authorities.
Source: ****
The **** annual report from FEDEREC, the trade federation for recycling companies, gives a breakdown of organic waste by origin. Total collection, including waste managed by local authorities, is around *.* million ...
2.2 Household biowaste
According to FEDEREC, household waste accounts for **% of total biowaste in France, or *.* million tonnes by ****.
Food waste
A third of French household waste is food waste, representing ** kg of residual waste per inhabitant/year.
Share of food waste in biowaste produced in France France, ****, in Source: ****
According to an Opnion ...
2.3 Green waste
In France, green waste, also known as "plant residues", represents more than ** million m* produced per year. It comes from gardening activities and the upkeep of green spaces. It includes various types of waste that can be divided into * categories:
Lawn clippings and mowing Dead leaves Trimming of shrubs, hedges and ...
2.4 Sewage sludge
The graph illustrates the breakdown of sewage sludge recovery processes, and shows that the vast majority of sludge produced is recovered by spreading for agriculture, revegetation or energy crops, or by composting. pandage for agriculture, revegetation or energy crops, or by composting, which represents **% of the dry matter of the sludge ...
3 Market structure
3.1 Value chain
SIA Partners gives the following organic waste recovery chain:
Source: ****
Typically, the recycling value chain for organic waste begins with its collection from the various waste producers (***).
Solutions also exist for private individuals. They can create their own compost, subject to certain regulations (***).
Certain types of waste, such as sewage sludge, ...
3.2 Financing the recycling of organic waste
The management of biowaste is an important issue for the ecological transition, as it reduces greenhouse gas emissions and produces compost and energy. It is therefore in the interest of the State to provide assistance in financing the recycling of organic waste.
Incentive pricing for bio-waste
Incentive pricing is a method ...
3.3 The growing biomethane sector
Biomethane is an ideal alternative to natural gas, suitable for all domestic and professional needs such as heating, hot water and cooking. As a fuel for light and heavy vehicles, it also helps to make the transport sector more environmentally friendly, in the form of BioGNV. In its unpurified form, biomethane ...
3.4 Industrial composting in France
Industrial composting involves transforming large quantities of fermentable materials into compost. This controlled natural process, which takes place in the presence of oxygen (***), can be carried out on a variety of scales, including in the individual composters increasingly found in homes.
Unlike composting, methanization valorizes waste in the absence of oxygen ...
4 Offer analysis
4.1 Composters and methanizers
The two main applications for recycling organic waste are composting and methanization. The former involves aerobic digestion (***) of organic matter; organic waste is degraded by the combined action of bacteria, fungi and micro-organisms.
The result is a stabilized, potting soil-like product rich in minerals. It can therefore be used as a ...
4.2 Awards and subsidies
methanizers
On average, investment in anaerobic digestion plants amounts to *,*** euros per kilowatt (***) of electricity, corresponding to sums ranging from ***,*** to * million euros, depending on the size of the plant. Subsidies represent around **% of the amounts invested.
In order to compare economic results, calculations have been standardized, assuming ***% bank financing and ...
4.3 Problem: lack of outlets and collection
According to FEDEREC's **** annual report, organic waste tonnage virtually stagnated in **** (***)[***]. According to the following year's report, "the biowaste sector is struggling to develop due to difficulties in capturing the deposit at source from industry and the tertiary sector. The recovery of organic matter from treatment also struggles to find quality ...
5 Regulations
5.1 Obligations to catering professionals
According to the French Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, supermarkets, food processing industries, restaurants, school canteens, food shops and markets that produce more than ** tons of biowaste or more than ** liters per year for oils, have been obliged since **** to sort and recycle food scraps.
Failure to comply with the ...
5.2 Obligations to public institutions
The regulatory and legal framework for agricultural methanization and composting activities was published by ADEME in January ****, and lists all the laws on the subject. The general texts are listed here, from the European to the local level:
European level:
The European directive of November **, **** sets out the framework for the ...
5.3 Future regulations
According to Article L***-**-* of the French Environment Code, from January *, ****, all French households will have to sort their biodegradable waste in order to separate it from the rest of the garbage can. This obligation to sort biowaste at source, which is part of the February **, **** law against waste ...
6 Positioning the players
6.1 Segmentation
- Cocycler
- Love your Waste
- Axibio
- Helioprod
- Val'Id
- Moulinot Compost et Biogaz
- Ecosec
- BioMiMetic
- NextAlim
- Gecco
- ADIVALOR
- Suez Groupe
- Véolia Groupe
- Paprec Groupe
- Biogaz Vallée
- Méthafrance
- Passenaud Recyclage
- ReStalk France
- Guyot Environnement
- Ekovore
List of charts presented in this market study
- Market size for food waste recycling services
- Size of the waste treatment services market
- Estimated annual food waste by country
- Per capita municipal waste production in the European Union, by country
- Organic waste production by category
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Suez breaks into the Polish biogas market - 19/07/2024
- - Suez acquires 51% of ARA Cursus.
- - 24.5% stake in ARA taken by Eiffel Gaz Vert.
- - The Bourgogne group has owned 24.5% since 2021.
- - Number of ARA agricultural biogas projects: 9 projects, including 1 in operation and 8 scheduled to start up in 2024.
- - Production capacity per project: Approx. 1 MW of renewable electrical energy.
- - Planned investment for development in Poland: Around €70 million.
- - Suez biogas production in 2023: More than 2000 GWh.
- - Suez biomethane production in 2023: 382 GWh.
- - Suez has been present in Poland for almost 50 years with subsidiaries in water and wastewater management.
- - Polish support framework for biogas: Guaranteed tariff for 15 years from 2023.
Paprec: the Petithuguenin succession is in place - 18/06/2024
- Percentage of Paprec capital held by Jean-Luc Petithuguenin's children: 80%
Paprec takes up the challenge against Suez and Veolia in the waste sector - 18/06/2024
- Paprec: number three in waste management in France, with the ambition of becoming number one, ahead of Suez and Veolia.
- - Number one in recycling.
- - Second in solid recovered fuel (SRF).
- - Third in methanization.
- - 20% stake in Pizzorno Environnement, with sales of around 265 million euros in 2023.
- - Objective f: achieve sales of 5 billion euros by 2028, up 67% on 2023 (3 billion euros), including 1 billion outside France
- - Veolia's French waste division generated revenues of 2.9 billion euros last year, out of a group total of 45.4 billion.
- - Acquisition of Recycleurs Bretons, a Finistère-based SME with sales of €40 million.
- - Presence in ten countries with some 350 sites and plants, mainly in France.
- - Market leader in Switzerland following the purchase of 40% of local market leader Helvetia Environnement.
- - Recently established in Scotland and soon to inaugurate a second CSR boiler plant in Krosno, Poland.
- - 250 to 300 robots working in Paprec plants
Battery recycling: Suez hopes to supply China's Envision gigafactory in Douai - 08/05/2024
- Creation of France's first zero-emission battery industrial park.
- Construction of a battery gigafactory with a capacity of 9 gigawatt-hours, representing an investment of 2 billion euros and the creation of 2,500 jobs by 2030.
- In partnership with Eramet, Suez will develop a complex to recycle batteries and extract essential metals such as lithium, cobalt and nickel.
- The battery recycling plant should be operational by 2027.
- Suez sales in China: one billion euros.
- Suez workforce: 40,000 people in 40 countries.
- Global Suez sales in 2023: 9 billion euros.
Waste: Paprec pushes ahead in Switzerland - 15/01/2024
- Paprec was founded in 1994 Paprec has been active in Switzerland for 13 years.
- Paprec has acquired 40% of the capital of Helvetia Environnement, the local leader in its sector in Switzerland.
- Two investment funds hold respectively 40% and 20% of Helvetia Environnement's capital.
- Paprec Switzerland generates sales of €50 million from six sites.
- Helvetia Environnement generates sales of 130 million euros with 22 operating centers.
- Paprec invests 400 million euros annually in its production facilities.
- Paprec recently completed its fifth round of financing, welcoming Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Crédit Agricole as new shareholders.
- Thirty years after its creation, Paprec has achieved sales of 3 billion euros.
Veolia's plan for growth in energy - 13/01/2024
- The group already generates a quarter of its sales (just over 10 billion out of almost 43 billion euros in 2022) from the operation of heating networks, the recovery of energy from waste and wastewater, and energy-related services.
- The Group, which has positioned itself in the field of "decarbonizing local energy", estimates that it will be worth 500 billion euros in Europe by 2030
- Services related to energy efficiency in buildings and industry could represent a market worth 200 billion euros by 2030
- Green energy supply and heating/cooling networks could be worth 150 billion euros by 2030.
- The operation of heating networks is Veolia's main energy business (revenues of 5.9 billion euros in 2022),
- Veolia operates more than 500 networks.
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