Les engagements pour la croissance verte (ECV)

• The "Green Growth Commitments" (ECV) were launched in 2016 by the Ministry for Ecological and Solidarity Transition (MTES) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MINEFI). • Established for a three-year period through a co-construction process, they aim to strengthen the partnership between the State and private actors carrying innovative projects that contribute to ecological transition.

The State relies on pioneering initiatives led by the vital forces of society to advance its public policy objectives.

• Green Growth Commitments have a dual objective: • remove barriers identified by economic actors, particularly those related to innovation for ecological transition; • promote innovative pioneering projects in the circular economy to ensure their dissemination across the entire sector concerned. Advances achieved in a Green Growth Commitment must ultimately benefit all actors working on the same theme.

Green Growth Commitments, which are not a financial instrument, complement the State's standard financial aid. They are not intended to grant exemptions or waivers, but to clarify the interpretation of regulatory texts or facilitate their application: in Green Growth Commitments, work proceeds within the existing legal framework in compliance with texts in force at national or European level.

• Recycling flat glass from buildings, a Green Growth Commitment initiative. • This site primarily recycles flat glass. The annual flat glass supply is estimated at 200,000 tonnes. These 200,000 tonnes comprise two-thirds façades and partitions and the remaining third is windows. Glass container recycling is highly organized today. Container glass is packaging glass, while flat glass here is from buildings. This is completely new and we can say today that there is practically no recycling of flat glass from buildings. • Flat glass manufacturers are very eager to source cullet. Cullet is recycled glass because it creates significant savings, particularly energy savings—25 percent less energy compared to using sand; it conserves natural resources because when glassmakers use cullet they do not extract it; and there is meaningful CO2 savings since for every tonne of cullet used, approximately 900 kg is saved. • We brought together four federations from the building sector. We will first undertake communication toward the general public and professionals to say that flat glass from buildings can be recycled. Next we will create a tool for craftspeople and industrialists—a map of all collection points in France—and we have developed a flat glass collection methodology. • Glassmakers' specifications are very demanding, so collection must be carefully controlled, and the final objective is of course to obtain indicators. We already know that economically this sector is viable, but now we must convince.