Press Releases | Letters update 2011-11-30 



Recreer.ca: Little efforts go a long way


Montréal, November 30, 2011 - As part of the joint awareness campaign on curbside recycling, Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and RECYC-QUÉBEC have launched the recreer.ca website to encourage recycling and explain the collective benefits of doing so. The website is the interactive component of the Recycling is remaking awareness campaign and complements the radio and TV ad program that aired from October to mid-November 2011 to demonstrate the positive impact little recycling efforts can make.

Entertaining and educational, the recreer.ca website covers various aspects of materials recovery. In particular, it provides an overview of Quebec's curbside recycling system and how it is financed. We learn, for example, that the rate of recovery through residential curbside collection, a paltry 20.5% in 1999-2000, has shown impressive growth, nearing 65% in 2010. There is still room for improvement, however, to reach the 70% target the government set for 2015 in its new Quebec Residual Materials Management Policy.

The Great Recyclable Game

Quebecers can learn a lot about recycling either by reading the short texts or playing the Great Recyclable Game. After creating a simple user's profile by logging onto the website or from their Facebook account, web surfers are invited to answer questions on recycling and commit to changing some of their habits. Organized by category, Little efforts make it easy to adopt best recycling practices. The information provided includes a brief overview of key players in the curbside recycling issue, a list of containers, packaging and printed matter that may be placed in recycling bins, suggestions for simple things we can do to facilitate sorting centre operations, and urban myths relating to materials recycling are also debunked.

By correctly answering a series of questions on a subject of their choice, web surfers earn Recycle-Labels, which are small badges they may proudly post on their Facebook page. Using their Recycle-Labels, they can remake a virtual world with each badge they've earned by turning them into an item made from recycled materials. For example, the metal recovered from tin cans will create a bus. Finally, by answering the questionnaire, web surfers determine what type of recycler they are.



About Éco Entreprises Québec
Éco Entreprises Québec is a private, non-profit organization that represents companies with regard to their responsibility to finance their share of the net costs of municipal curbside recycling, establishes reasonable fees to ensure program financing and, in partnership with other stakeholders, promotes efforts to increase the quantities of recovered materials through curbside recycling at the lowest possible cost.

About RECYC-QUÉBEC
Concerned with helping Quebecers find innovative ways to sustainably manage residual materials so we may become a waste-free society, RECYC-QUÉBEC encourages reduction at the source, reuse, recycling and recovery of residual materials. RECYC QUÉBEC therefore seeks to influence how products are manufactured and consumed. It is the designated organization for coordinating recovery activities under Quebec's Residual Materials Management Policy.

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Information:

Marie-Andrée Prénoveau
Director, Corporate Affairs, External Relations and Communications
Éco Entreprises Québec
Tel.: 514-987-1491, ext. 225
mprenoveau@ecoentreprises.qc.ca


Nancy Dubé
Communications and Media Relations Adviser
RECYC-QUÉBEC
Tel: 418-643-0394, ext. 3238
Toll free: 1-866-523-8290
n.dube@recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca





2011
November 30, 2011
RECREER.CA: LITTLE EFFORTS GO A LONG WAY

October 12, 2011
IN 2010, RESIDENTS RECOVERED ALMOST 65% OF RECYCLABLES THROUGH CURBSIDE RECYCLING

September 28, 2011
ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC AND RECYC-QUÉBEC LAUNCH THE "IF EVERY QUEBECER..." CURBSIDE RECYCLING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

September 15, 2011
LAUNCH OF THE VOLUNTARY CODE FOR THE OPTIMIZATION OF CONTAINERS, PACKAGING AND PRINTED MATTER

June 21, 2011
ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC, PROUD PARTNER OF THE 10TH EDITION OF THE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN DIRECTED BY RÉCUPÉRATION LA RÉCOLTE; to promote more effective curbside recycling

June 8, 2011
NEW VERSION OF BILL 88; ÉEQ MEMBERS DISPLEASED

April 29, 2011
ÉEQ BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED BY ACCLAMATION

February 2, 2011
ÉEQ INTRODUCES THE BASIS FOR A FUTURE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MDDEP'S NEW "RECYC-QUÉBEC" DIRECTORATE REGARDING RESIDUAL MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

January 25, 2011
DENIS BRISEBOIS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF ÉEQ'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2010
November 16, 2010
ÉCO ENTREPRISES QUÉBEC WELCOMES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR PRODUCTS WITH RECYCLED CONTENT

June 15, 2010 (english in transfer)
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

May 4, 2010 
QUEBEC SORTING CENTRES FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM - Investments totalling more than $1.6 million

April 13, 2010
Moving towards a new partnership with municipalities… but not at any price! For 80% of Quebecers, financing curbside recycling should remain a shared responsibility

March 19, 2010
BILL AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENT QUALITY ACT - Éco Entreprises Québec Supports the Government's Plans to Encourage Efficient and Effective Curbside Recycling Programs 

March 16, 2010
AGREEMENT REACHED ON THE NET COSTS OF CURBSIDE RECYCLING  - Approval process of ÉEQ's 2008 Schedule of Contributions is underway


All Press Releases

 2009
 

November 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