About sixty elected officials, members of the local industry and craft fabric attended the opening of the “Circular Economy House”
About sixty elected officials, members of the local industrial and artisan fabric, attended the opening of the “House of the Circular Economy”, the latest creation of the lot-et union -Garonnais, on Monday, June 10, at the Damazan site of ValOrizo. for the recovery of household waste. In front of this audience, who are often decision-makers, Ludovic Biasotto, president of ValOrizon, and Maud Cahurel, vice-president of social and solidarity economy and circular economy of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, presented the results. For the first, a specific project, for the second, support from the Region.
“Today, we are inaugurating this house, which is the result of a real project that symbolizes our commitment to the circular economy policy, where resource conservation and innovation go together,” the president said. After purchasing the site in 2017, we opened it up to educational and training courses. During the last year, more than 700 visitors visited the Ecopark and were informed about the issues of ecological transition. This House, the entry point of this awareness course, will be able to host groups of up to 40 people and will be available for rent: for half a day, a day or a week, especially for training in the professions of tomorrow. The Circular Economy cluster, which has been engaged in this training process since 2021, is the first tenant to occupy an office.”
Material library
“Our pride,” continued the mayor, “is not only in this new place, but also in the way it is being restored.” Originally designed by Xylofrance for underutilized housing, this 110 m² building, under the direction of architect Michel Mares from Archi-Conseil, was restored from a selective deconstruction and allowed for the maximum reuse of reclaimed materials or finished elements of construction: a consistent working union with its policy, starting from the material market, the feasibility study should ultimately lead to the creation of a material library entrusted to the Atis incubator.