This "eco-footprint" is a very valuable tool for the assessment, improvement and development of our processes and which provides a technical and social overview for the benefit of our customers. This responsibility is reflected by a unique reference system for assessing the ecological footprint of our processes and their performance from an environmental point of view. Our business is to develop innovative and environmentally friendly industrial processes. How does the 100% Clear Water project form part of CHIMEX strategy? One the other hand, the installation of filtering gardens should enable us to reuse part of this water in our industrial processes. On one hand, all our effluent can be returned to the natural environment. The project is carried out in collaboration with two innovative companies (SMEs) based in France: One specialised in the treatment of water and the other on phytorestauration. How is this initiative integrated into its local environment? The phytorestauration stage is intended to preserve natural resources, namely water, soil and air but also the "social, economic and landscaping values" of the sites where this technology is used. 3,500 m 3 can be treated in this way, every year.įor more information, please consult the Web Documentary issued by CHIMEX and which is available on by April 2013.Īfter studying a large number of solutions for many years, we finally opted for an innovative system for the treatment of our effluent that enables us to use the conditions found in nature. Phytorestauration comprises all the technologies using bacteria that develop around plants as the main treatment agent. Our 9,000 m 2 of gardens are made up of three vertical filters and two horizontal filters based on the principle of phytorestauration. It is then sent for surface treatment to a local biological sewage treatment plant or our filtering gardens. The effluent from the production unit is first separated according to its physicochemical characteristics to undergo appropriate pre-treatment. In this way, we would like to return all water treated in one of our production sites to the natural environment.
The project is based on an innovative water treatment process that combines two complementary pre-treatment and phytorestauration solutions.
Here, we take a look at what one company, CHIMEX, is doing to improve the production process to become more environmentally friendly.Ĭould you describe the principle of your 100% clear water initiative in a few words?Īs part of its sustainable development policy CHIMEX, a subsidiary of the L’Oréal group, specialising in the development of environmentally friendly processes for the production of ingredients for fine chemicals, set up the 100% Clear Water initiative. Sustainability in particular is a trend sweeping all industries. Water is a component of virtually every personal care and cosmetic product and as such, H 2O has been selected as the show theme for this year’s in-cosmetics, demonstrating how important it is for the industry to keep up to date with the latest innovations in water – both as an active ingredient and its use during processing. In the run up to the event, L’Oréal subsidiary CHIMEX explains what it is doing to make the cosmetics production process more sustainableĢ013 is the UN’s Interntional Year of Water Cooperation and as the world’s politicians debate water use on a global scale, the cosmetics industry cannot afford to ignore the way in which this vital element is used during the creation of personal care products. The show theme at 2013\'s in-cosmetics will be H 2O.
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