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ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC SUPPORTS RÉCUPÉRATION LA RÉCOLTE'S RECYCLING INFORMATION, AWARENESS RAISING AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN
ÉEQ For the third consecutive year, ÉEQ provides support to promote both the quality and quantity of residual materials recovered in the regions
Montréal, June 15, 2010 - Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ), in partnership with participating municipalities from fifteen RMCs in Eastern Quebec, RECYC-QUÉBEC, the Société des alcools du Québec, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Quebec's Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune as well as other partners, is pleased to announce its support of the 9th edition of the Campagne d’information, de sensibilisation et d’éducation à l’amélioration de la qualité et de la quantité des matières résiduelles récupérées dans l’Est du Québec été 2010, an annual regional campaign to raise awareness about recycling.
For the third consecutive year, ÉEQ is contributing $10,000 to help finance Récupération La Récolte Inc., the organization that coordinates this regional effort. The group provides seasonal employment to students who distribute information, raise awareness and educate the public on the importance of improving the quality and quantity of residual materials recovered. During the summer season, leaflets and ad documents are handed out to citizens and tourists in the regions covered by the fifteen RMCs of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Côte-Nord and Gaspésie-îles-de-la-Madeleine.
"The project is still innovative, even after having been in operation for eight years, because it is the only one of its kind in Quebec. Récupération La Récolte as well as participating municipalities and RMCs are examples to follow in regional cooperation," said Maryse Vermette, ÉEQ's President and Managing Director.
The campaign is in keeping with ÉEQ's mission to promote increased quantities of recyclable materials recovered through curbside recycling. In return for its financial support, ÉEQ receives relevant information to help measure the impact of the campaign on municipal curbside recycling performance. Again this year, ÉEQ has noted that trends in recovered tonnage for 2009 tracked by Récupération La Récolte show progress in program performance. As a follow-up to its contribution to this annual campaign, ÉEQ is now investing close to twenty studies, projects and programs in support of municipal curbside recycling services.
About Éco Entreprises Québec
Éco Entreprises Québec is a non-profit organization certified by RECYC-QUÉBEC. ÉEQ’s mission is to represent companies with regard to their responsibility to finance their share of the net costs of municipal curbside recycling, to establish reasonable fees to ensure program financing and, in partnership with other stakeholders, to promote efforts to increase the quantities of recovered materials through curbside recycling at the lowest possible cost.
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Source:
Maryse Vermette
President and Managing Director
Éco Entreprises Québec
For information:
Élisabeth D’Auteuil
Communications Officer
Éco Entreprises Québec
514-987-1491, ext. 238
edauteuil@ecoentreprises.qc.ca
QUEBEC SORTING CENTRES FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM
Investments totalling more than $1.6 million
Québec, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 – Following the implementation of the Quebec Sorting Centres Financial Aid Program (Programe d'aide financière aux centres de tri québécois - PACT) last year, financial partners today announced investments of over $1.6 million in the province's sorting centres.
Administered by RECYC-QUÉBEC, the PACT has a total budget of $6 million, of which over $1.6 million is being disbursed in response to requests made in 2009 by sorting centres from eight administrative regions in Quebec. The launch of the program was made possible thanks to the financial participation of the Quebec's Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE) ($3 million), RECYC-QUÉBEC ($1.4 million), Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) ($1 million) and the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) ($600,000).
In the fall of 2008, the worldwide economic crisis seriously impacted markets for recycled materials. The following January, Quebec's Minister of Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, Line Beauchamp, announced the Plan de relance pour soutenir les centres de tri du Québec, which includes short and medium term measures to help support the recycling industry. This government initiative brought together government departments, municipal organizations as well as key players concerned with residual materials management. One of the seven measures of that plan is the PACT, which became effective on May 1, 2009.
"Quebec has made some major gains over the past 20 years with regard to residual materials management. Recycling is an effective, daily activity for each of us and the government is intent on ensuring that these practices continue. Studies conducted by RECYC-QUÉBEC and its partners confirm that all recyclable materials placed in our bins are in effect recycled. It is therefore essential to preserve these infrastructures, maintain the trust of citizens with regard to this essential service and continually improve performance," said Ginette Bureau, President and Managing Director of RECYC-QUÉBEC.
2009-2012 Quebec Sorting Centres Financial Aid Program
The 2009-2012 Quebec Sorting Centres Financial Aid Program (PACT) sets down a framework for providing financial assistance to sorting centres to help them improve their productivity, the quality of output materials, quantities of materials accepted, sorted and sold and the rate of capture of recyclable materials.
The program is administered in two parts:
Consult the information sheet SORTING CENTRES THAT REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A SUBSIDY
FOR PARTS A AND B OF THE PACT.
RECYC-QUÉBEC
RECYC-QUÉBEC is a public corporation that, for the past 20 years, has guided, implemented and coordinated activities that support the recovery of waste materials by managing programs, developing relevant knowledge and mobilizing various stakeholders with a view to reducing both the generation of waste and the quantity of materials to be eliminated. It is the designated organization for coordinating reclamation activities under Quebec's Residual
Materials Management Policy.
Quebec's Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation
The MDEIE's mission is to support economic development, innovation and export trade, as well as research, by fostering coordination and cooperation among the various stakeholders in the economic, scientific, social and cultural sectors, in the aim of job creation, economic prosperity, scientific progress and sustainable development.
Éco Entreprises Québec
Éco Entreprises Québec is a non-profit organization certified by RECYC-QUÉBEC. ÉEQ’s mission is to represent companies with regard to their responsibility to finance their share of the net costs of municipal curbside recycling, to establish reasonable fees to ensure program financing and, in partnership with other stakeholders, to promote efforts to increase the quantities of recovered materials through curbside recycling at the lowest possible cost.
SAQ
The SAQ is a government corporation with a mandate to sell alcoholic beverages. Its mission is to provide good service to Quebecers in every region by offering a broad range of quality products at the same prices at all locations. The SAQ carries out its mandate through a network of 414 outlets and 398 agencies. It sells more than 10,000 products from some 60 countries. Also, besides providing direct assistance to the sorting centres, the SAQ has been committed for several years now to supporting research into new uses for recovered glass.
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Source and information:
Erwanne Plisson
Communications Officer
RECYC-QUÉBEC
418-643-0394, ext. 3238
e.plisson@recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca
Information:
Élisabeth D’Auteuil
Communications Officer
Éco Entreprises Québec
514-987-1491, ext. 238
edauteuil@ecoentreprises.qc.ca
Media Relations Coordinator
Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation
418-691-5698, ext. 3710
nancy-sonia.trudelle@mdeie.gouv.qc.ca
Isabelle Merizzi
Director, Public Affairs
Société des alcools du Québec
514-987-6000, ext. 6574
i.merizzi@saq.qc.ca
2009November 16, 2009
Éco Entreprises Québec welcomes the publication of Quebec's new Residual Materials Management Policy
October 21, 2009
PRODUCING AND CONSUMING IN A NEW WAY SYMPOSIUM: A SUCCESSFUL FIRST IN QUEBEC!
October 19, 2009
RECOGNITION FOR SEVEN COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEIR GREENER CONTAINERS, PACKAGING AND PRINTED MATTER
September 29, 2009
DISCOVER THE WINNERS - during the Producing and Consuming in a New Way Symposium on October 19 and 20, 2009
August 24, 2009
PRODUCING AND CONSUMING IN A NEW WAY SYMPOSIUM: RENOWNED SPEAKERS, A UNIQUE PROGRAM!
June 22, 2009
NEW TOOL FOR RECYCLABLES COLLECTION : Éco Entreprises Québec proudly supports a pilot project launched by the City of Montréal
June 22, 2009
Producing and Consuming in a New Way: A Major Symposium — Don't Miss it!
Information sheet for program details
June 18, 2009
Mr. Jacques Légaré Succeeds to Mr. Daniel Tremblay as Eeq’s Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 9, 2009
ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC APPUIE L’ÉDITION 2009 : Campagne d'information, de sensibilisation et d'éducation de
Récupération La Récolte (French)
May 26, 2009
Éco Entreprises Québec Launches a New Recognition Program: Greener Containers, Packaging and Printed Matter:
Today's Reality, Today's Opportunities
May 14, 2009
Oui à la collecte sélective des matières recyclables!
March 27, 2009
ÉEQ'S 2007 Schedule of Contributions now published
January 28, 2009
Éco Entreprises Québec supports Recovery Plan for sorting centres
2008Results of Technical Day on Best Practices in Curbside Recycling - December 1, 2008
Journée technique sur les bonnes pratiques de collecte sélective : une occasion d'échange et de réflexion pour les représentants municipaux - (French) - October 30, 2008
Rapport sur la gestion des matières résiduelles au Québec : la collecte sélective privilégiée, la récupération hors foyer priorisée - (French) - 11 juin 2008
Récupération La Récolte : 2008 Awareness Program - (French) - June 11, 2008
Responsibility for financing curbside recycling shared by industry and municipalities : a win-win solution - February 26, 2008
Appointments : Changes to the organization's management - February 20, 2008
2007
Premier versement de plus de 25 M $ aux organismes municipaux québécois pour les services de collecte sélective offerts - (French) - 27 septembre 2007
Soyons partenaires pour favoriser la récupération des matières recyclables à l'extérieur du domicile! - (French) - 27 septembre 2007
Quebec companies unknowingly run up dept - July 4, 2007
Financing curbside recycling : Companies and organizations expected to contribute over $50 million to municipalities - April 16, 2007
Companies to provide an estimated $58.9 million for curbside recycling : It is now official - March 1, 2007
2005 and 2006
Company Consultation Meetings to Take Place in May 2006 - April 26, 2006
Another step towards the development of curbside recycling : More than the current 400,000 can be recycled - February 1, 2006
Appointment President and Vice-President - November 23, 2005
Key Dates - September 1, 2005
Daniel Tremblay : Elected Chair of ÉEQ - August 29, 2005
Éco Entreprises Québec is granted certification - June 15, 2005
Launch of Éco Entreprises Québec's New Web Site and Corporate Image - April 21, 2005
The New Compensation Regime Comes Into Force - March 1, 2005
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