Installed rue de Dole, at the Edouard-Herriot port, the Lyon-Sud incineration plant, managed by the Métropole de Lyon, treats household waste from our gray bins. The steam from the combustion is then used to supply the district heating network and the turbines that produce electricity.
The rejected water can reach 40 degrees
On November 18, 2020, the Inspectorate of Classified Installations, which carries out environmental policing missions, noted “recurring overruns in terms of water discharge temperature” from the plant, in dock No. 2 of Port Edouard -Herriot, connected to the Rhône river. According to…