SEDIMED

A network for the recycling of Mediterranean marine sediment

Projet en cours

Project affiliated to:

Project leader	ENVISAN France
Industrials partners	Colas, ERG Environnement, EGIS
Research partners	CRC - Ecole des Mines, INERIS, CEREMA
Budget	9 900 K€
Cofinanceur publics	French Interministerial Single Fund, Local authorities, ADEME, Agence de l'Eau Rhône Méditerranée
Year of labeling	2008
Year of co-financing	2009

The main objectives of this project are:

Encourage and support the emergence of an economic sector for the treatment and management of marine sediments guiding regional ports, companies involved in research, treatment and development to a position of international strength in this area.
Clarify and develop the work and investigations of MEDDTL with a view to having support on a regulatory level.
Offer tools to those working in the maritime sector such as a guide to methodology and a centre of resource and expertise including a sediment reference database for managing sediment within the environment.
Provide a scale 1 demonstration model on the ZIP site at Brégaillon.
Study the possibility of creating a Mediterranean observation forum on this subject.