Sort trash to produce energy from biogas : the microbial fuel cell research is becoming a real option for generating electricity. Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are devices in which bioelectrochemical reactions and biocatalytic transformations lead to the conversion of organic matter to electricity via microbial or enzymatic participation. A french start up, PACMI managed by Luc Etcheverry from the Laboratoire de Genie Chimique from Toulouse, is developing of a microbial fuel cell to treat effluents and produce power. This project demonstrates how organic waste is more than ever a future energy source.

Europlasma is a french company founded in 1992 by two former employees of Aerospatiale, Didier Pineau and Maxime Labrot, to develop commercial applications for plasma technology in the field of waste processing. Today, the Company is a leading European innovator in the field of vitrification of hazardous waste materials, such as toxic ashes and asbestos, utilizing plasma fusion applications. Europlasma business activities comprise of designing and manufacturing plasma torches, waste treatment facilities and supplying services operators of vitrification units.

Project Bambou is a french start up initiated by Sebastian Kulak and the laboratory of mechanical and composite CRIT. It aims to develop a vehicle workshop (utility) 100% electric combining 3 innovations: the multi-energy management, the use of organic materials (Eco design) and a lightweight chassis.