ARTHELYSE^® is the name of the thermolysis plant of the Syndicat Mixte Artois Valorisation (SMAV) at Saint Laurent Blangy à near Arras (Pas de Calais).

• Customer : Syndicat Mixte Artois Valorisation
  President : Philippe RAPENEAU
                    3 rue Frédéric Degeorge
                    BP 345
                    62026 ARRAS CEDEX

The Syndicat Mixte Artois Valorisation groups :

• Arras Urban Community
• Syndicat Mixte de la Région de Bapaume
• Chamber of Commerce of Artois
• Chamber of Commerce of the Val de Gy

A total of 121 towns with a population of 131,982 

Following a study in depth, the SMAV chose a solution suited to the volume of wastes to be eliminated and consistent with the recycling policy already in place.

• Capacity : 50.000 t/year (household and small business wastes, treatment station sludges)
• Outputs :
• Energy in the form of industrial steam used in a plant near ARTHELYSE
• Ferrous metals, recycled in industry
• Non-ferrous metals, recycled in industry
• Gravels and inerts, usable in public works
• Carbor^® used by industrial consumers as a substitute for coal
• Operation : THIDE Environnement is the operator of ARTHELYSE for 10 years.