Pollutec, the international exhibition of environmental equipment, technologies and services, kicked off on Tuesday in Lyon, the capital city in France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Tunisia, guest of honour of this 41st edition, has two stands surrounded by the pavilions of French regions and some European countries such as the Netherlands.
“Tunisia’s participation as a guest of honour at Pollutec offers it the opportunity to showcase its projects and publicise its needs in the water and waste management field,” said exhibition director Alexis De Gérard at the opening.
The first Tunisian stand hosts the main national organisations active in the field of sustainable development, such as STEG, SONEDE, ONAS, APAL, ANGED and CPSCL (Loans and Support Fund for Local Authorities), whose representatives will make presentations on their projects at the Pollutec Africa Forum.
The second stand is dedicated to the Tunisian private sector active in Green Business Tunisia, where 6 Tunisian start-ups will offer innovative solutions to the visitors.
They are notably “Digi Smart Solutions,” which offers solutions for water quality management (swimming pools, lakes, wastewater), “Aromair” specialised in the manufacture and installation of perfume diffusers equipped with artificial intelligence to detect viruses in the air, “ETE” active in the purification of sewage water, “KytoProd” a biotechnology project specialised in manufacturing products based on chitosan (fat catcher) and “GLab” a mobile laboratory.
Alongside Philibert Tunisie, which is part of the multinational group Consolis, 5 other local enterprises or subsidiaries of international groups are taking part in Pollutec such as SCET Tunisie, which handles waste management in controlled landfills in several African countries, including Senegal.
Pollutec counts this year 2,000 exhibitors against 2,200 in 2018. This edition, in which 28% of the participants are foreigners, showcases more than 150 innovations, stated its director.
“It is held at a time when environmental concerns have never been more pressing after the floods and fires that occurred this summer in several countries around the world,” he explained, pointing out that solutions do exist, and it is the responsibility of the industrialists to use them.
Source: Tap News Agency