Question 10056 — waste

Summary

Ms. Zahia Hamdane draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Sea and Fisheries to the environmental and health risks linked to the waste landfill center in Boves (Somme), operated by the company Véolia, as well as its extension project. For two years, the association “Against a century of landfilling in Boves” has been warning about the nuisances on the site and regularly informing residents about developments in the project. She now participates in the site monitoring commissions (November 2023 and November 2024), bodies supervised by the State and which have become the only reliable sources of information in a context of persistent silence from the town hall and partial responses from the operator. The Boves site receives nearly 180,000 tonnes of waste each year. Each locker, once filled, retains a potential of nuisance for around 30 years, due to gas emissions and odors. Despite Véolia's announcements (installation of methane and H2S sensors, use of drones, reduction in the size of lockers from 2025), incidents persist. The nights of January 12, 13 and 14, 2025 were, for example, marked by strong olfactory nuisances linked to a rupture in the biogas pipeline. The company only recognized its liability for only one of these three nights, accentuating the mistrust of the population. Between July 2023 and August 2024, 225 complaints were recorded by the local association. However, only 13% were deemed “relevant” by the operator, 32% classified “uncertain” and 55% “not relevant”. These figures raise questions about the methodology for processing complaints, especially since reports from residents sometimes take up to a week to reach. Veolia. Public controls seem insufficient. In one year, only one unannounced inspection was carried out (at 5 a.m.), while nuisances are mainly reported in the evening, at night and early in the morning. Furthermore, measurements revealed the presence of sulfur dioxide gas (H2S) in the air, which is harmful to health, particularly respiratory health. In addition to the direct impact on air quality and public health, the extension project threatens agricultural land essential to local production. If the zoning is changed, these fertile lands, already greatly reduced in the region, would be permanently lost to landfill. Finally, the related project called “VALOPOLE” is undergoing adjustments: the yellow bag sorting workshop could be moved to Amiens North and the solid recovery fuel (CSR) workshop relocated or eliminated. If it limits traffic road in Boves, this in no way resolves the question of landfilling and risks moving the nuisance to other already fragile districts of the Amiens metropolitan area. She therefore asks what measures the Government intends to take to strengthen the transparency and frequency of controls, in particular at times when nuisances are reported by the population, to guarantee the health protection of residents in the face of emissions. of dangerous gas, preserve agricultural land threatened by the extension of the site and ensure that the ecological transition does not result in a worsening of territorial and social inequalities in the Amiens metropolis.

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