Join Valobat
Would you like to join Valobat, the government-approved PRO for the construction industry? You will find all the information you need to become compliant below.
Membership: why and how to join the PRO Valobat?
By joining Valobat, you will benefit from comprehensive, expert, tailored multi-EPR support as part of our a unifying approach around shared objectives. Joining Valobat also guarantees that your obligations under the Building, Furniture and DIY & Garden EPR schemes will be met. You will have a full-service, easy-to-use one-stop shop for all your declarations related to these EPR schemes. Beyond administrative support, when you join Valobat, you become part of a collective committed to increasing circularity in the building industry.
Download one of these standard contracts depending on your Extended Producer Responsibility scheme
Standard contract
Building EPR (PMCB)
Standard contract
Furniture EPR (DEA)
Standard contract
Gardening & DIY EPR (ABJ)
Valobat’s commitments
Because Valobat’s partners come from every part of the building industry, we are able to take the specificities of each product or type of material into account, and use their sector-specific knowledge to help everyone in the industry.
Our partners are involved in numerous initiatives to increase circularity within the profession.
Valobat offers simple solutions to all companies subject to the Building, Furniture and/or DIY & Garden EPR schemes:
- a single point of contact for all waste holders—professional and household—and for all take-back points (public recycling centres, retail outlets, private recycling centres, waste operators, tradespeople, works companies or installers), for all products covered by the three EPR schemes covered by Valobat;
- a comprehensive membership service no matter your profile—producer, distributor or introducer/importer—across all ranges of construction products and materials, as well as furniture products and DIY and gardening items;
- simplified measures tailored to very small businesses (TPE – the backbone of the building industry), which meet their on-the-ground needs as closely as possible (accessibility of drop-off sites, sorting instructions, simplified procedures for declaring eco-contributions, etc.)
- efficient, cross-disciplinary support for everyone in the building industry, the ability to manage all site-related issues and address the entire life cycle of Building, Furniture and/or DIY & Gardening products.
Valobat turns your legal requirement into a business opportunity by showcasing your commitment to the environment, an attractive initiative to let both your employees and the general public see you have a genuine corporate responsibility strategy. We can also provide you with communication kits and other tools to demonstrate how Valobat can become a catalyst for adding value.
As a government-approved PRO, we also invest heavily in R&D, particularly in developing recycling loops: the preparation, reuse and recycling of building, furniture, DIY and gardening products; promoting their separate collection on worksites; supporting innovation and environmentally-friendly design; and fostering innovation to constantly improve the reintegration of secondary raw materials from recycling into the industry’s economic loop.
VALOBAT, THE EMBLEMMATIC PRO SERVING ALL BUILDING SECTOR MARKET PLACERS
Valobat: services that make the difference
Join Valobat to access services, support and expertise:
Compliance support
Valobat will help you become compliant with French regulations.
Consulting
Valobat can meet your specific needs in terms of innovation, environmentally-friendly design, R&D, etc.
Communication
Valobat provides you with information and tools for raising awareness which you can use for in-house and external communications.
Collection
Valobat takes back your end-of-life products free of charge.
Valobat’s strengths
PRO Valobat, the recycling solution, by and for building industry stakeholders!
Full coverage of construction products
- Certified for all categories of the Building EPR scheme: a single contract for compliance on all your products and materials,
- Certified for the Furniture Components Waste EPR scheme (DEA)
- Certified for the DIY and Gardening Items EPR scheme (ABJ)
- Governed by 11 sector committees: 1 PRO and 11 Sector Committees working to improve circular economics for building products and materials, furniture components, and DIY and gardening items, and implementing EPR schemes tailored to each sector,
- A multi-product approach: the ability to influence project owners and public authorities and a comprehensive view of the challenges of recycling (PMCB, DEA and ABJ).
- Representative shareholding (manufacturers, distributors, federations): taking into account the fact that each profile has its specificities and cultivating collaboration among everyone in the building industry.
Recycling expertise for effective Building, Furniture, DIY & Gardening EPR schemes
- We handle all collection streams: fostering technical and economic synergies and complementarities to optimise costs for all stakeholders.
- Our partners are committed to circularity and have hands-on experience with outlets and recycling streams,
- A PRO aiming to reach critical mass: achieving economies of scale on overhead and cross-functional costs,
- A multi-material approach: support for project owners to establish and optimise separate waste streams.
Joining the PRO Valobat means choosing:
one contract per EPR to cover all French requirements
To find out which EPR scheme applies to you, do a diagnostic assessment
Valodiag help you determine whether you fall under the scope of the various regulations addressed by Valobat.
How can you join Valobat?
JOIN NOW:
Our quick on-line process is designed to help you become an official part of the circular economy as simply as possible.
You are already a Valobat member and would like to join under a new EPR scheme?
Go now to the “My accounts and contracts” section your MyValobat Member space and click on “Add a new EPR” to begin the process.
