The Stockholm Convention listed twelve POPs that are harmful to health or the natural environment. They are grouped into three categories:
Pesticides:
DDT - aldrine - chlordane - dieldrine - endrine - heptachlore - hexachlorobenzene (HCB) - mirex - toxaphene.
Industrial chemicals:
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Industrial byproducts:
polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorodibenzofurans (dioxins and furans).
A state-of-the-art site dedicated to the treatment of POPs
Trédi Saint-Vulbas handles POPs. This high-temperature thermal treatment center is recognized worldwide in the treatment of halogenated organic waste.
Thanks to its technical expertise, know-how in processing, logistics and industrial facilities, Séché Environnement treats these products in the safest conditions for people and the environment, regardless where they are produced.
Building on its extensive experience, the Group also assists underprivileged countries and, by destroying POPs, contributes to putting in place a genuine sustainable development policy.
