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WM and Machinex celebrate new Laval facility
PLESSISVILLE, Quebec – Waste Management officially opened its new recovery facility in Laval, Quebec, this week. Representatives from equipment supplier Machinex attended the opening ceremony along with Quebec minister of the environment, Benoit Charrette, and Aaron Johnson, vice-president, Eastern Canada…
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Municipalities funded for waste management trials and studies
OTTAWA – Under new federal funding, several municipalities across the country will be able to improve their waste management game. The Municipality of Landrienne, in the Abitibi Region of Quebec, will receive $465,100 to test a thermophilic composter to divert…
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Beaconsfield, Quebec, bans single-use plastic bags
BEACONSFIELD, QC – The City of Beaconsfield, Quebec, a part of Montreal, has adopted a bylaw which prohibits the distribution of certain single-use shopping bags in retail stores located inside its boundaries. On October 22, City Council voted in favour…
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Quebec study defends plastic shopping bags as not single-use
Conducted by the Government of Quebec, the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) found that no replacement option has an environmental advantage in the event of a ban on plastic shopping bags. A Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) is a cradle-to-grave analysis that assesses…
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Asbestos industry given $58M ‘lease on life’ by Quebec: Part 1
But are Charest and Harper offering a chalice or handing employers in developing nations the Blade of Death? David McRobert The announcement late last week (June 29, 2012) that the Canadian asbestos industry may have just been given a second…