NEW GENERATION RECYCLING CENTRE

Client: Pays Orne Moselle District Council, East of France

Scientific partners: Espelia, Recovering

Location: Amnéville, Moselle, East of France

Delivered in: June 2021

 

This semi-rural district of 53,000 inhabitants and 12 towns operates 4 recycling centres. These have witnessed the emergence of new practices and a changing legal context. The district Council was also committed to substantially increase recycling and reuse within the area.

 

As part of a broader rejuvenation plan, local authorities initiated the relocation, redesign and enhancement of the largest of these recycling centres (132,000 visits, 4,200 t collected annually).

 

This entailed a deep understanding of emerging needs and practices, e.g. reuse, to offer a service most suited to the population and durable in time. Inecko studied current and coming trends, then co-designed the new facility suggesting new services.

 

Specifically, we have:

 

• Assessed current and emerging users’ practices and needs via several data collection tools; brought further perspective with recycling and reuse sociology

• Evidenced a growing local trend for reusing, delving further into 7 practices and 6 items, quantified and qualified demand for 8 possible additional services

• Co-designed the facility suggesting additions resulting from needs analysis: second hand shop, building tools hire, repairing shop

• Collected quantitative and qualitative primary data through a 224-respondent survey, 29 interviews in 4 recycling centres, and 2 focus groups of 4 participants each

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And now? (as of Sept. 2026)

 

The relocation of the Moulin Neuf recycling centre is moving forward. In January 2026 the district council confirmed authorisation to sign a 25-year lease on the land for the new facility in Rombas, with opening scheduled for the second half of 2026.