Recycling building products and materials: a new sector for a more virtuous industry!
Since January 1, 2023, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has applied to manufacturers and producers of building products and materials (PMCB). Ecomaison deciphers for you the regulations governing this new reuse and recycling channel. Here's an overview of our solutions and support services to simplify your compliance.
The AGEC (Anti-Gaspillage pour une Economie Circulaire) law of 2020 created new recycling channels - known as Extended Producer Responsibility - including one for building products and materials, the PMCB EPR. Coming into force in January 2023, it is financed by the eco-participation fee applied since May 1, 2023 to new products and materials placed on the French market by manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers and marketplaces.
Producers and/or marketers of building construction products and materials are any natural or legal persons who, on a professional basis, either manufacture and assemble, or import or introduce onto the national market, products or materials intended for the construction or renovation of a building.
This includes products and materials - including wall, floor and ceiling coverings - that are intended to be incorporated, installed or assembled permanently in a building, or used for building-related amenities located on the building site, including those for vehicle parking, with the exception of products and materials used solely for the duration of a building site.
Concrete and mortar or contributing to their preparation
Lime
Limestone, granite, sandstone and lava stones
Baked or unbaked clay
Slate
Bituminous mixtures or their preparation (excluding membranes)
Aggregate
Ceramics
Other products and materials of mineral origin
Category 2, non-inert materials:
Metal
Wood
Mortars, coatings, paints, varnishes, resins (only products not covered by the EPR scheme for specific waste)
Joinery incorporating glass, glazed walls and related construction products
Plaster
Plastics
Bituminous membranes
Glass wool, rock wool
Materials of plant or animal origin
Benefit from one-stop shopping for 2 categories of products and materials
Ecomaison has a cross-cooperation agreement with the eco-organization Ecominéro - approved for category 1. This means that Ecomaison and Ecominéro can offer you the possibility of joining both categories on their respective platforms, for all building materials.
Providing a regulatory and operational response for both categories, inert and non-inert, is in line with our commitment to offer our members and their distributor customers, both craftsmen and private individuals, comprehensive and straightforward solutions.
Dominique Mignon, President of Ecomaison
What are your regulatory obligations?
Provide or contribute to the prevention and management of waste from your products
Supporting recycling players
Adopt an eco-design approach
Contribute to development aid projects for the collection and treatment of their waste, and develop the recycling of product waste.
Taking back used products: a complementary service for your customers
Since January 1, 2024, the French Anti-Waste for a Circular Economy Act (Loi Anti-Gaspillage pour une Economie Circulaire - AGEC) has required you to take back used building products and materials from your customers, free of charge, if your sales area exceeds 4000m², including storage space. Ecomaison can help you set up take-back schemes at your sales outlets, with solutions tailored to your needs and constraints.
Displaying the TRIMAN sorting information: an obligation to facilitate sorting
From September 28, 2024, marketers subject to the EPR scheme for construction products and materials will be required to affix a sorting instruction to their products.
