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Our local presence

We operate in more than 15 countries, close to the needs of our customers.

+112

locations worldwide

50

industrial sites in France

Our history

Séché Environnement has developed over the years to respond to the needs of society, which has evolved to consume ever-greater volumes of increasingly rare resources and as such threatens the Earth's climate balance.
Waste storage site at Changé, near Laval (Mayenne). © Séché Environnement. Photo : François Vrignaud.

1985-1996: pioneering for the environment

Our journey began in 1985 in Mayenne, northwest France, when Joël Séché took over his family's small public works business.

Having quickly recognized the need for a paradigm shift in waste management, he developed the company's first waste storage facility in Changé, northwest France. The site was the first in France to meet modern standards. It was designed to protect the environment from the impact of waste and to harmoniously blend in with the surrounding area. From the very beginning, to goal of preserving biodiversity lay at the heart of the Séché project.
The Séché Eco Industries site at Changé today

1985 - 1st landfill for non-hazardous waste

Joël Séché created Laval Services, 1st entity of the future Séché Environnement group, based on the family public works SME he had just taken over. The mayor of Laval asked him to develop the most effective solution for the town’s landfill site. After having studied best practices from around the world, he opened the first non-hazardous waste storage facility (class 2).

1993 - 1st biodiversity study

An ecologist carried out the first biodiversity impact study at the Changé facility. It was the first step toward an ambitious biodiversity preservation strategy.

Biodiversity, forming the heart of nature

1994 - 1st hazardous waste landfill

We created a “waste business park” in Changé to bring together our public and private waste treatment services. Our high environmental quality technical solutions enabled us to add a hazardous waste storage center (class 1).

The Changé storage facility today

1996 - 1st ISO 14001 certification

We earned ISO 14001 certification, for environmental management systems, making Séché Environnement the first waste management company in the world to obtain this recognition.

Inauguration of the sorting center at Changé, near Laval (Mayenne). © Séché Environnement. Photo : François Vrignaud.

1997-2014: developing new solutions for the circular economy

Floating the Group on the stock exchange represented the start of a period of domestic and international expansion and diversification. At the start of the 2000s, Séché Environnement became a major player in waste treatment.
Séché Environnement on the financial market

1997 - Initial public offering

  • Séché Environnement became the first French waste management company to undertake an initial public offering, floating on the second Paris stock market.
  • We inaugurated a sorting center at the Changé facility to support local communities with recycling.
The Changé sorting center today

2000 - Jacques Chirac's visit

French President Jacques Chirac visited the Changé facility.

2001 - Alcor and DRIMM

  • With the acquisition of Alcor, the waste branch of the Caisse des Dépôts, the Group picked up the pace of its domestic expansion and consolidated its position as key partner in industrial waste management in France.
  • The Group entered into new regions in southwest France and the multi-channel DRIMM branch (town of Montauban) became a full subsidiary. This branch specialized in treating and recovering non-hazardous industrial and household waste.
The DRIMM multi-channel site today

2003 - 1st OHSAS 18001 certification

The Changé facility became the first company in France to obtain OHSAS 18001 certification, which recognizes the Group’s efforts to continuously improve workplace health and safety.

2008 - Energy recovery

Séché Environnement started to produce its own green energy. Storage facilities, which naturally produce biogas, and thermal treatment facilities, which produce heat, are equipped to become genuine energy recovery hubs. The electricity generated by our facilities is reinjected into the public network.

Our low-carbon energy solutions

2009 - Biogas valorization at DRIMM

DRIMM commissioned a biogas recovery facility able to produce enough electricity to supply 70,000 homes.

2010 - Sénerval in Strasbourg

  • The Group positioned itself as a key play in the circular economy by harnessing waste to produce energy.
  • Séché Environnement was granted a Délégation de Service Public (DSP) concession to operate Sénerval, an energy recovery unit for residual household waste from Strasbourg.
Sénerval today

2011 - Alcéa in Nantes

  • To mark four years since the Grenelle de l’environnement debate, President Nicolas Sarkozy visited the Changé sorting center alongside Joël Séché.
  • Séché won the DSP to operate Alcéa, the energy recovery units for the Greater Nantes area.
Alcea today
Chilca Ecocenter, Peru © Séché Environnement.

Since 2015: upscaling from local to global   

The Group has laid down solid roots throughout the regions in which it operates, drawing on its unique range of expertise, values and solutions that span the entire waste value chain. It expanded into the international market, setting up locations in Latin America, Europe and South Africa.
Global presence

2015 - Launch of Séché Urgences Interventions

  • We developed new technology to regenerate bromine as part of our efforts to recover hazardous waste at Saint-Vulbas. This tool is the only one of its kind in Europe and won the Special Environment Award at the Trophées de la Chimie Remarquable. Although it is a strategic resource, bromine had up until this point only been produced outside Europe.
  • Séché Healthcare was set up as a subsidiary to provide tailored services to handle Potentially Infectious Medical Waste (PIMW).
  • We opened out Kanay subsidiary in Peru.
  • Séché Urgences Interventions was launched to enable us to rapidly react following environmental catastrophes.
Our environmental emergency solutions

2016 - Ecocert Label

All our industrial sites spanning more than 10 hectares were awarded the Ecocert “Biodiversity Commitment” label, making Séché the first environment services provider to achieve such a milestone.

Ecocert label

2018 - 1st loan with ESG impact

  • Our R&D Center  opened in Saint-Vulbas.
  • We launched the Sustainable Practices to Protect Nature program to bring to life our biodiversity preservation strategy.
  • We became the first company in France to contract an impact loan, linked to the fulfilment of three criteria: ESG performance, biodiversity commitments and energy self-sufficiency.

2019 - Expansion into South Africa and Italy

  • We acquired Interwaste, a major provider of integrated waste management services in southern and South Africa.
  • The same year, Mecomer, an Italian-based company specializing in managing hazardous waste, joined the Group. Mecomer handles both solid and liquid waste, in particular high value-added waste from the chemical, pharmaceutical or energy industry.
  • The Group employed 4,600 people.
  • We became involved in PLAINÉNERGIE, the first project in Europe to transform non-recovered waste into renewable gas by combining pyrogasification and biological methanation.
PLAINENERGY: Turning residual waste into renewable gas

2022 - Acquisitions in sanitation and industrial water treatment

  • We acquired 8 centers specializing in wastewater management from SARP OSIS-IDF, a subsidiary of Veolia. This new business line expands the range of services we provide and bolsters out presence in the Greater Paris region.
  • We unveiled our decarbonization strategy, which pursues two core targets to cut our emissions by 25% and increase the emissions we help our clients avoid by 40%.
  • The Group acquired certain activities from Veolia and strengthened its position on the industrial water treatment services market.

2023 - Séché, a major operator in Italy

  • We strengthen our presence in Northern Italy with the acquisition of Furia, a company specializing in industrial waste management.
  • We acquire Essac, the specialist in environmental emergency services in Peru.
  • In Southern Africa the Group now brings together the most comprehensive range of waste management and environmental safety solutions for industrial companies with the acquisition of Rent-A-Drum in Namibia.
  • Biodiversity: Séché Environnement launches its 2023-2027 strategy
  • We are now more than 6,000 employees.

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