About Isséane

Isséane is a €526 million, 42 month project under construction at Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside the Périphérique (Paris ring road) to the South west of the city. Client SYCTOM is an inter-municipal domestic waste processing syndicate responsible for waste disposal for 5.5 million people – 9% of France's population. In keeping with the aim of reducing environmental impact, the majority of the new building will be under ground, rather like the way that 90% of an iceberg is under water.

Waste delivered to new plant will be sorted for recycling and the remainder will be incinerated in a less environmentally harmful manner than the old plant down the road that Isséane replaces. Automated gantry cranes without operators will load the sorted waste from a 31 m deep pit into hoppers for incineration. The site will have its own cogeneration plant, making it self-sufficient for electricity and steam produced from the heat generated by waste incineration will be available to heat buildings in the area. Airborne emissions will be hot air, at 400^oC, instead of smoke, and the ash will be taken away by boat.