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RABOT DUTILLEUL CONSTRUCTION creates value from waste on its building sites

4. Environment

Waste management

Context

Rabot Dutilleul Construction, the building subsidiary of the Rabot Dutilleul Group, is a general contractor of undisputed human and technical expertise. Much waste is generated on building sites (rubble, packaging, harmful waste) and this waste plays a role in the pollution of natural environment: air, water and ground.

Objectives

  •  Limit the quantity of waste in burying centres
  •  Dispose in Sanitary Landfills less than 15g of waste per Euro of turnover
  •  Recycle at least 70% of the total waste

APPROACH

The company works in partnership with recycling companies for waste recycling channels.
It is involved in the follow-up of contracts and quantities of waste produced on all building sites.
Systematic sorting of waste on construction sites have been established. Sorting solutions have been included in the design of sites, such as the location of bins. Private collectors carry out a monthly report on the recovery rate and the staff awareness is raised at all levels. On new building sites the management commits to a projected quantity for each kind of waste. Since the beginning of 2012 the company tracks its objective of waste recycling, also tracking the tonnage of waste produced. It tracks on a monthly basis a new performance indicator: grams of waste per Euro of turnover. This allows the tracking of recycled waste as well as the quantity of waste produced, since “the best waste is the waste we don’t produce”.
In 2011, 13.8g of waste per Euro of turnover were disposed of in landfills. In 2013 the indicator went down to 12.3g. This can be explained by an awareness of the entire production chain, from construction site managers to workers.
This best practice was noticed in 2010 by the World Forum Lille and updated in 2015.

CONTRIBUTION TO COMPANY PERFORMANCE

  •  2 to 10 times reduction in waste treatment costs
  •  Very high performance response based on HQE, BREEAM, LED certification reference
  •  Anticipation on national and European regulations

Benefits

  • Direct effects:

From 2009 to 2014, the percentage of waste reuse has evolved each year as follows:

43% ; 53% ;  55% ; 61% ; 59%; 64%

  • Indirect effects:

Employees behave more responsibly thanks to the separation of waste being implemented systematically on building sites.
From 2009 to 2014, the indicator measured in g/€ of sales revenue has declined each year as follows:
23.3 ; 19.6 ; 13.8 ; 12.7 ; 12.3 ; 8,7

Workforce
827 salariés (2016)
Turnover
268 M€ (2016)
Country
France

RABOT DUTILLEUL CONSTRUCTION

10, avenue de Flandre
CS 80100
59443 Wasquehal cedex

rabotdutilleulconstruction.com

Contact

Julien Barcet, Chef de projet Développement Durable et Innovations, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mise à jour le 07/02/2017

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