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Romain Blary knows what he's talking about – he's an estate agent At "almost 40," he can't see himself going anywhere else even if life has been "exhausting" for the last three months You have 79.11% of this article left to read Lecture du Monde en cours sur un autre appareil Vous pouvez lire Le Monde sur un seul appareil à la fois Ce message s’affichera sur l’autre appareil Parce qu’une autre personne (ou vous) est en train de lire Le Monde avec ce compte sur un autre appareil Vous ne pouvez lire Le Monde que sur un seul appareil à la fois (ordinateur En cliquant sur « Continuer à lire ici » et en vous assurant que vous êtes la seule personne à consulter Le Monde avec ce compte Que se passera-t-il si vous continuez à lire ici Ce dernier restera connecté avec ce compte Vous pouvez vous connecter avec votre compte sur autant d’appareils que vous le souhaitez mais en les utilisant à des moments différents Nous vous conseillons de modifier votre mot de passe Votre abonnement n’autorise pas la lecture de cet article merci de contacter notre service commercial Reno de Medici (RDM) will exit cartonboard production in France The company has announced plans to close down its Blendecques recycled cartonboard plant in the country Employee representatives have already been informed of the move The group’s only French mill has been facing difficulties for some time especially since a major fire occurred in March 2022 a flooding prompted the company to switch off production again for some time Most recently the mill was still running at reduced capacity RDM explained that the site had been facing structural difficulties for many years and was making losses with no improvement expected in the mid-to-long term "RDM Group has made strong efforts to relaunch the Blendecques plant notably by making significant investments following the fire in March 2022 The situation is no longer economically sustainable to enable it to remain competitive in a European market," the company said in a statement The announcement comes shortly after the company's decision to restart the Villa Santa Lucia mill in Italy the problems were related to issues concerning the site's wastewater and sludge treatment which have now partly been solved A closure of the Italian mill could therefore be averted.# The Blendecques mill produces coated and uncoated recycled board with a capacity of 140,000 tpy The board is used for packaging of food producs pharmaceuticals and cosmetics on the European market Content from video platforms and map services is blocked by default. 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All rights reserved Tuesday World Subscribers only In Zurich the environmentalists' score in the European elections was down sharply preferred the far-right Rassemblement National or abstention By Stéphane Mandard (Blendecques has borne the full brunt of the devastating effects of climate change 28 chose to vote for the Greens in the European elections The party that is supposed to embody the fight against climate change didn't exactly benefit from a tidal wave at the polls The list of candidates led by Marie Toussaint obtained 1.72% of the vote in Blendecques down from third in 2019 when Yannick Jadot scored 7.12% A long way from the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) and its 50.7% but also behind the Rural Alliance (2.52 %) and the Animalist Party (2.22 %) Assessors even counted more invalid (2.52%) and blank (2.23%) ballots than Green "We're the first climate refugees," said Vincent Maquignon the independent deputy mayor for sports in Blendecques His pretty red-brick house is about to be razed to the ground The government will buy them to build a retention basin A neighbor marked on his garage door the heights measured in the house: 30 centimeters on November 6 flooding is going to repeat itself and intensify," said Maquignon The father of a family is also a manager at France's inland waterway navigation authority But his job as a witness of climate change didn't steer him toward the Green vote in the European elections: "One day they're insulting each other I prefer [President Emmanuel] Macron or [Regional Council President Xavier] Bertrand" who You have 71.16% of this article left to read Reno de Medici’s (RDM) Blendecques recycled board plant in France is still in the start-up phase and will deliver the first cartonboard reels to customers in March A spokesperson of the Italian group told EUWID that the plant would produce and deliver only reels in a first step because the finishing department was not yet ready... GD board manufacturer Reno de Medici has announced plans to expand its GD board production capacity by up to 200,000 t over the next 3 years This will be achieved through capacity expansion at the existing mills including Blendecques which is scheduled to restart early 2023 as well as reallocation of other product volumes thanks to RDM Group’s multi-mill concept European demand for GD board has been growing over the last 18 months In addition to supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic RDM Group believes that this growing demand is linked to structural market changes such as plastic substitution relocation of activities from the Far East and also the increased use of recycled material in packaging production capacity for GD board had reduced in Europe which negatively affected operations in the packaging industry