The 2019 winners

At the Group's headquarters in Aubervilliers, Veolia's Chairman and CEO, Antoine Frérot, has presented prizes to the 4 winners: selected from 128 candidates from all over the world (one third from abroad: Bulgaria, Canada, Senegal, Gabon, Cameroon, Benin, Hungary, Germany), they receive a financial endowment to help them carry out their project.

 

• 1^st Prize: “Les Recyclettes” from the student association RECUP’ at the Université de Bordeaux:

With its "Les Recyclettes" project, the association Recup' (Université de Bordeaux) recovers organic waste in urban areas by distributing Bokashi composters that transform the waste into compost. It won 1^st prize.

 

• 2^nd Prize: REV Action from the association RECUP’Eau Vietnam at Centrale Nantes:

With the Rev-machine, the association will enable the villagers of Liên Son 2, in southern Vietnam, to use a grinder, extruder, injection press and compressor to treat plastic waste.

 

• 3^rd Prize: Envol Vert from the association Perunidad at CentraleSupélec:

Envol Vert received third prize for its awareness raising and agroforestry project in the rural provinces of Chanchamayo and Satipo in Peru.

 

• The Public’s Award rewards the association Sea Plastics at AgroParisTech:

Finally, the public’s prize, awarded following an open online vote, went to Sea Plastics (AgroParisTech), which is sampling microplastics in the Mediterranean to improve scientific knowledge of this still poorly understood form of pollution.