Jan De Nul delivers ingenious Plastic and Packaging Waste sorting centre in Mons

Today, in the presence of Elio Di Rupo, Walloon Minister-President, Jan De Nul Group officially inaugurated the new Val’Up Plastic and Packaging Waste sorting centre in Mons. This Design & Build contract worth 38 million Euros was awarded at the end of 2019 by Val’Up, the association of inter-municipal companies Idéa and Ipalle and private companies specialized in environmental services Veolia and Vanheede, to Consortium Jan De Nul-Vauché. The centre meets the changed Plastic and Packaging Waste sorting rules introduced in Belgium in January 2019.

Improved sorting is a condition for more efficient recycling. To enable the recycling of still more plastic waste, Val’Up built a brand new sorting centre in Mons, where 5,000 bags per hour of plastic and packaging waste can be processed and 14 different types of different types of material can be sorted.

In the form of a Design-and-Build project, Consortium Jan De Nul-Vauché offers a total package: from the design and realisation of an innovative sorting installation to the complete centre around it. The sorting installation also played the leading role during the whole building process: every change to the sorting process impacted the building plans.

The centre, which has been operational since the summer of 2021, was officially inaugurated today in the presence of Mr. Elio Di Rupo.

Dirk Van Rompaey, Head Civil Engineering Division at Jan De Nul Group: “Building the sorting centre was a first for us: we took care not only of the construction works, but also of designing the sorting installation. Our ingenious ideas and inventive solutions convinced the client of our expertise. We are particularly proud of having built a completely new sorting centre, a true example for the sector, in hardly a year’s time. We can look back positively on an instructive period with our partner Vauché and our client Val’Up.”

 

Picture: From left to right: Jacques Gobert, Chairman of IDEA - David Vanheede, CEO Vanheede Environment Group - Laurent Dupont, Chairman of Ipalle - Caroline Descamps, Managing Director of IDEA - Elio Di Rupo, Walloon Minister-President - Nathalie Halbot, Director Val'Up - Philippe Tychon, COO Recycling & Recovery Veolia - Wim Geens, CEO Fost Plus

We took care not only of the construction works, but also of designing the sorting installation. Our ingenious ideas and inventive solutions convinced the client of our expertise.

Dirk Van Rompaey

Head Civil Division at Jan De Nul Group

With this innovative sorting centre, we can sort and recycle still more plastic packaging than before. The waste is sorted in Belgium and will be recycled in Belgium or in neighbouring countries. This enables us to reduce our environmental impact, to save more raw materials and, with 90 new jobs, we contribute to the local economy.

Nathalie Halbot

Val’Up Manager

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