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The Veolia Foundation - Veoliaforce joins forces for Haiti

On January 13 the Veolia Foundation sent 20 tons of emergency equipment to Haiti in an Ilouchone cargo plane chartered by the French Red Cross. The cargo consisted of Aquaforce 5,000 units that can supply 15,000 to 20,000 people with drinking water.

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The world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic solar plant

The project began in 2007. Energy prices were already exploding and everyone felt responsible for climate change. A different vision of the future was emerging, leaving fossil fuels far behind. It was in this climate of change that Veolia Environnement, General Motors Europe, the developer Clairvoyant Energy and the Autonomous Government of Aragon signed a joint agreement to build a photovoltaic solar plant on the rooftop of the General Motor plant.

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Do you see a dolphin?

A water management specialist for over 150 years.

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Do you see a fish?

A water management specialist for over 150 years.

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Do you see a dragon?

Cogeneration, which produces heat and power at the same time and boasts outputs of 75% to 80% instead of the 50% of conventional combined cycle plants, is a solution used by Dalkia at 510 facilities worldwide.

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Do you see a butterfly?

Facilitate mobility for major urban populations while controlling costs.

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Do you see an ant?

Our businesses operations magnify our responsibility to manage environmental impacts.

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Do you see a leaf?

Turning waste into a resource: Veolia Environmental Services makes economical use of our planet's natural resources by turning 68 million metric tons of waste a year into new resources and energy.

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Do you see a ladybird?

Veolia Environnement offers industrial customers a wide array of services that address their main environmental concerns.

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Do you see a frog?

Ecovillages, either urban or rural, are developments having very low environmental impact, aiming to be energetically self-sufficient with a neutral carbon footprint, and to optimize the use of common spaces.

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Do you see a bouquet?

In 2009, for the first time in human history, over half the planet lives in cities.

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L'atelier ExtraMuros

"What if we went to find wood in town rather than in the forest?"The Veolia Environmental Services materials recovery facility in Gennevilliers, near Paris, is home to ExtraMuros, a subsidized-employment company that makes objects from recycled materials.

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EEEW Recycling

Each year everyone in France throws out about 26 kilograms of EEEW -Electric and Electronic Equipment Waste- which adds up to almost 1.5 million metric tons for the entire country. EEEW is growing at triple the rate of household waste.

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Polymerase Chain Reaction

Back in 1996, researchers at Veolia Environnement were already working on the idea, with the purpose of drawing a highly accurate picture of micro-organisms in and around the organization's facilities. The project aimed at securing a safer environment for both personnel and the public living in the vicinity, as well as ensuring a state of readiness in the event of a health hazard.

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Corrosion Prevention

Although mankind has mastered the technique of obtaining steel from iron ore, in time corrosion returns the metal to its iron oxide state. Specific factors can accelerate this natural process, like the high temperature corrosion that occurs in municipal solid-waste combustion facilities. R&D has been addressing the issue since 2002, with the aim of optimizing efficiency and generating more energy.

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Actiflo™ Turbo

The water we drink has been through a series of physical and chemical treatments, including clarification, a stage that involves decanting suspended matter. On how to speed up this relatively slow process, Veolia R&D put forward Actiflo™ Turbo, a system that provides fourfold time savings. Ten fully operational facilities are planned during 2008-09, helping meet increasing water demand from communities.

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Mobile Electronic Ticketing

Have you ever found yourself ticketless and unsure of how to reach your important meeting by public transport? Very soon, with BPass, this kind of trouble could be a thing of the past. The new service developed by Veolia Environnement and due for implementation soon lets you pay your fare and validate it on a contactless terminal, check routes and timetables, get advance warning of any traffic disruption and even display an area map.

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Aristot

Tap water can sometimes taste or smell funny. This is due to tiny amounts of odorous compounds that are in fact harmless to health. Due to their volatility however, they can be quite difficult to trace, which impedes effective water treatment. Over a period of a couple of years, ARISTOT was developed by Veolia R&D in order to detect such compounds and analyze more positively the drinking water that fills consumers' glasses.

Scientific Chronicles

How can we limit greenhouse gas emissions?

Veolia Environnement emits greenhouse gas emissions generating 39.5 million metric tons in CO2 equivalent, or a thousandth of global emissions. The number is a large enough for us to dedicate more than 70% of our research programs to combating climate change.

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Cities around the world

2008: "Cities around the World" is the fifth Veolia Environnement international sustainable development awareness campaign.

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Veolia Water and Grameen Bank have created a joint venture

Veolia Water and Grameen Bank have created a joint venture based on the social business model invented by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. The partners aim to provide drinking water to 100,000 Bangladeshis by end-2012.