In contact with the public, the agents of the 10 ribs of the Cinor, Managed by SUEZ Recycling and Réunion Valuation, ensure the pre-TRI of waste, A key role in promoting their recyclability. Example with the agents of the Bègue commune recycling center in Sainte-Suzanne.
Amela Pingret and Mike Dubourg wear Valderun's work combination, The subsidiary of Suez Recycling and Reverse Reunion in charge since 2023 of the exploitation of the recycling centers of the Cinor. They are among the 25 scypery agents that Suez uses in Reunion. Mike Dubourg has been working at the Bègue commune recycling center since its opening, 15 years ago. Pamela Pingret joined it 4 years ago. Welcoming Sainte-Suzanne users, Sainte-Marie and Saint-Denis, The structure applies regulations requiring access control and receipt of materials, especially dangerous materials, by authorized staff. Pamela Pingret and Mike Dubourg have a benevolent eye but attentive to the fact that the waste is deposited correctly and in the right place. There is a permanent issue in this work. After the first sort of the users themselves, The recycling center plays the role of pre-tri : upstream of the industrial part, The pre-TRI reduces the share of non-compliant materials in waste deposits which will then be treated in more specialized sorting centers as much as possible in more specialized sorting centers (Like Val OI or the Trustear Center for Bulky Undovest), Before being recycled, be locally, either in mainland France or abroad.
Skills rise
" To welcome, control, orient : This is our basic function, But not the only one, Make Pamela Pingret and Mike Dubourg. We must be able to provide answers to the questions that we are asking. We must also be able to say no when waste contravenes the regulation of the recycling center or a dumpster is full. "Calm and experience : These two qualities, don't be a source of Pamela Pringet and Mike Dubourg, are an integral part of the profession (They are common to all agents of the Valderun recycling centers, or, we can emphasize, Women are strongly present). This profession has, by simplifying, Three components. Site management, of its cleanliness and waste flows : It is in particular the anticipation of the filling of the skips and other containers. The rule is only 70 % filling, agents trigger the waste collection process by companies that are responsible for it. Second part, Technical skills encompassing the regulation of the recycling center, Knowledge of waste treatment sectors and standards applying to waste. The recycling center agents undergo initial training and must integrate regulatory and technical developments applying to each type of waste (bulky, metals, green waste, plaster, glass, plastic, carton, papier, metal packaging, textiles, WEEE, engine oils).
The message of sorting education
Third part, the relational. The supervision and support for the waste deposit is done in contact with users. The greatest number is receptive to the service provided and to the message of the sorting of recycling center agents (the very good results of the annual satisfaction surveys prove it). But there are recalcitrants ... "We have followed a training in conflict management. Globally, It is going well. But some people have not yet understood what a recycling center is for. We are not here to do the work instead of people, But to empower them. If we love this work, This is because we understand its usefulness ", entrust Pamela Pingret and Mike Dubourg, which extend this role of educators by receiving, every year, Environmental training trainees. Because this key profession for the structuring of recying and valuation sectors must now be transmitted.
