International audienceBased on a research conducted in the waste sorting and recycling sector, we propose a reflection on the territorial attachment of the work activities for household waste. In this article, we will argue that the territory is a determinant of work, forgotten by the commercial and industrial logics that organize waste sorting and structure the design of work systems. We will also position the territory as a scale of action for occupational risks prevention that conducts to the involvement of internal actors from the waste sorting centers and external actors from the territory.A partir d'une recherche conduite dans le secteur du tri et du recyclage des déchets, nous proposons une réflexion sur l'ancrage territorial des act...