 New facilities were built to better manage the landfill process and to allow SITA to incinerate domestic waste.New markets were developed with local authorities, such as selective glass collection schemes and the collection and treatment of clinical waste from hospitals.In 1997, La Compagnie de Suez and Lyonnaise des Eaux merged to form the new group, Suez Lyonnaise des Eaux and later Suez Environnement was created.