Lamps, textiles, chemicals, electrical appliances… What should you do with special types of waste?
Due to their composition or potential hazards to health and the environment, certain types of waste require specific treatment. These must be taken to one of SIETREM’s five waste collection centres or to authorized retailers. They are then handled in an eco-responsible way by certified eco-organizations.
Some self-treatment activities generate waste, particularly sharps (e.g. needles). These items must be kept out of household waste and handled separately to prevent accidents during collection.
Patients must sort and store them in special needle disposal boxes, which are available free of charge in all pharmacies, upon presentation of a medical prescription.
Once full, the boxes must be dropped off at a certified collection point.
You can find the nearest point on the DASTRI website.
What types can be recycled?
All bulbs and neon tubes displaying the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol are recyclable (e.g. compact fluorescent, LED).
They can be deposited:
In the recycling bins at the waste collection centres
In self-service bins in stores: any retailer selling these products (DIY stores, supermarkets, etc.) is required to take them back, free of charge
To find a drop-off point, visit: www.ecosystem.eco/fr/recherche-point-de-collecte.
Incandescent and halogen bulbs, or neon tubes without the crossed-out symbol, must be disposed of with household waste (garnet-coloured bin).
Examples of recyclable items:
Compact fluorescent bulbs
LED bulbs
High-pressure sodium bulbs, iodide bulbs
…
WEEE includes all devices powered by electricity or electromagnetic fields that have reached end of life (TVs, coffee makers, irons, hairdryers…).
Why recycle them?
These items often contain hazardous substances (batteries, mercury, greenhouse gases…) and are classified as dangerous waste. They also offer a high recovery potential thanks to valuable materials (metals, rare earths, plastics…).
Where can you drop off your WEEE?
There are three ways of collecting electrical waste from households:
Used batteries are collected and processed by Ecosystem.
You can drop them off at any of SIETREM’s centres or in the battery bins distributed across the area.
The treatment
Find your nearest collection point at: www.ecosystem.eco
Why recycle them?
Recycling helps recover 50% to 80% of the metals, which can then be reused to manufacture new items: cutlery, license plates, batteries, screws…
Once collected, batteries are sent to a centre in Dugny (Seine-Saint-Denis), then to a specialized sorting facility in Spain for treatment.
As part of the French Anti-Waste and Circular Economy Act (AGEC), SIETREM has signed an agreement with the Ecologic eco-organization for the take-back of sports and leisure articles and thermal DIY and garden items. Since the beginning of 2023, new containers have been installed at the SIETREM’s 5 waste collection centers to collect these items and give them a second life.
This applies to all items used in sports or outdoor leisure activities, such as :
Please note that electronic and electrical sports equipment, textiles and footwear (not intended for sports and leisure activities) do not fall into this category, and should be disposed of at other dedicated outlets.
Please note that electronic and electrical sports equipment, textiles and footwear (not intended for sports and leisure activities) do not fall into this category, and should be disposed of at other dedicated outlets.
This includes all fuel-powered DIY or gardening tools used by private individuals, such as:
Lawnmowers (towed/self-propelled), leaf blowers, brush cutters, edgers, tillers, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, pumps, cement mixers… including their accessories.
Thanks to Écomaison, these specific items can be collected and recycled in the right channels. Dedicated containers are available for easy disposal at waste collection centers. Écomaison, an approved eco-organization, supports the sorting and recovery of these products to preserve resources and limit waste.
Items in good condition or that can be repaired will be overhauled and reused by players in the social economy. Donations will be made to associations, or they will be resold at low prices in recycling centers and “ressourceries”. Items that are too worn out will be recovered and recycled into new products, depending on the condition of their materials. If this is not possible, they will be converted into energy by incineration.
Even used clothing, household linen and shoes can be transformed and recycled. Yarn for new clothes, insulating materials, coatings for sports equipment… there are many possibilities.
To give them a second life, drop off your used textiles at one of SIETREM’s 5 waste collection centers or at a special drop-off point.
Find your nearest voluntary drop-off point on refashion.fr
