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Recycling: this company gives a second life to eggshells
Every year in France, 40 thousand tonnes of shells leave food factories. In Ille-et-Vilaine, a company had the idea of offering them a second life.
(France 2)
Every year in France, 40 thousand tonnes of shells leave food factories. In Ille-et-Vilaine, a company had the idea of offering them a second life.
Every year, 1.5 million eggs pass through a cracker in Ille-et-Vilaine. It’s a gold mine for Yacine Kabeche, an engineer who decided to recycle them. If he chose to concentrate on Brittany, it is because 80% of egg production is found in the Great West. A company thus earns money by selling its waste to the agronomist and his company, Circul’Egg. Previously, she gave them to local farmers.
A shell powder
“40,000 tonnes of eggshells are rejected today in France”, assures the engineer. It is in a laboratory that the eggshells are then recycled. Thanks to a patented process, the membrane that lines the inside of the egg is separated from its shell. Dried and crushed, the shell powder, rich in calcium, is then resold and reused in the construction industry, in particular.
