Ineris Advances Hazardous Waste Evaluation to Promote Circular Economy Safety
Ineris enhances hazardous waste evaluation strategies to ensure safety in recycling and energy recovery.
Key Points
- • Ineris evaluates hazardous waste for regulatory compliance
- • The Ardevie laboratory specializes in waste characterization
- • Guidelines assist in classifying hazardous waste and transitioning its status
- • Ineris emphasizes risk assessment in recycling processes
Ineris (Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques) continues its critical role in evaluating hazardous waste to ensure safety within France's circular economy initiatives. Their recent focus emphasizes compliance with both French and European regulations for hazardous materials, particularly in recycling processes. As of July 2025, Ineris implements comprehensive guidelines that classify hazardous waste through properties identified from HP1 to HP15, which include health risks and environmental impacts.
A major asset in Ineris's evaluation process is the Ardevie laboratory, located in Aix-en-Provence, which specializes in characterizing waste and analyzing its environmental behavior. These evaluations are crucial to determine whether potentially hazardous materials can safely transition out of their hazardous status for use in energy recovery and recycling. For instance, Ineris's methodologies extend to assessing risks associated with hazardous additives found in plastics and the safety of recycled materials from electric vehicle batteries and photovoltaic panels.
In focusing on safety protocols, Ineris provides detailed guides and supports the industrial ecology systems necessary to integrate recycled materials. They advocate for comprehensive risk assessments from initial waste collection through to production integration of secondary raw materials, ensuring industrial safety and sustainability practices. Ineris also underscores the need for risk analysis at each stage to foster a safer approach in handling hazardous waste within the circular economy framework.
As Ineris expands its testing facilities and modeling capabilities, their initiatives play a pivotal role in supporting both the development of safe recycling processes and the broader goals of industrial symbiosis in France.