Question 10706 — waste

Summary

Ms. Amélia Lakrafi alerts the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the problem of illegal dumping of inert or industrial construction site waste. These categories of waste (rubble, old kitchen units, old bathroom units, concrete blocks, plaster, metals, wood) can be managed in two ways. Either they are stored by the companies which generate them and are then redirected by them to appropriate approved disposal sites depending on the type of waste. Either the construction professional contracts with a company specializing in the management and recovery of this waste. However, it should be noted that the “wild” dumping of this waste, sometimes in natural areas, generates intolerable pollution that is increasingly frequent despite the numerous existing systems to facilitate its treatment. In the matter, we must also regret that a certain feeling of impunity prevails, even though articles L. 541-3 and, above all, L. 541-46 of the environmental code punish offenders and sanction these breaches of the law with two years' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros. This type of behavior also tends to damage the image of the entire profession and the construction sector as a whole and directly penalizes those who do not do not contravene the regulations. In this context, new measures aimed at putting an end to this situation seem imperative. It could, for example, be a question of imposing, under penalty of nullity of the contract concluded between the construction company and its client, the mention of the addresses and telephone numbers of the processing centers which will be requested during the construction site as well as those of the articles of the environmental code sanctioning any breach of legislation governing the treatment of construction site waste. Coupled with a possible tightening of sanctions, such as those of no longer being able to carry out their activity for a certain period of time, these measures could have an educational and preventive effect for construction companies ignoring their obligations or voluntarily evading them. Also, she asks him if such measures could be considered and, in any case, she asks him to kindly indicate the state of his reflection regarding this issue.

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