Reducing the environmental impact of the waste-to-energy plant at Saint-Pantaléon | CNIM After being renovated, the waste-to-energy plant at Saint-Pantaléon de Larche (France) is producing energy from local, renewable resources and protecting the environment. Its operating costs for the local authorities are now lower and its contribution to the circular economy is greater. Close or modernize? Built in 1972, the waste-to-energy plant at Saint-Pantaléon de Larche treats 60,000 metric tons of household waste a year. Since 1984, the steam produced there has been supplying local industry and providing heating for municipal greenhouses. Considered to be out-of-date, the site is threatened with closure. But in 2013 its operator, SYTTOM 19, hands responsibility for its modernization and ope

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