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A New Materials Recycling Sorting Centre to Be Builtfor the Eastern Townships in 2028

1 November 2024

Éco Entreprises Québec Launches a Call for Proposals Montreal, October 30, 2024 – Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) launches a call for proposals for the design, construction and operation of a new sorting centre serving the Eastern Townships region. The opening of this new infrastructure is scheduled for January 2028. It will have to meet the […]

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Éco Entreprises Québec launches its guidelines for the ecodesign and recyclability of packaging

10 October 2024

Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) today unveiled its guidelines for the ecodesign and recyclability of packaging, becoming the first EPR (extended producer responsibility) organization in North America to produce such tools. The guidelines are destined to producers in various sectors, such as food, cosmetics, hardware and pharmaceuticals, as well as retailers and manufacturers. The lauching took […]

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27 October 2023

Future sorting centre in the east end of the Island of Montreal to be the most technologically sophisticated facility of its kind in Canada

Official groundbreaking in Montréal-Est for Matrec, a division of GFL and Éco Entreprises Québec Montreal, October 27, 2023 — It was with great excitement that Maryse Vermette and Yazan Kano, respectively the heads of Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and Matrec, a division of GFL Environmental Inc. (Matrec – GFL), celebrated the official groundbreaking for the […]

30 August 2023

Residents of the East End of the island of Montreal will be able to rely on a high-performance sorting centre as of 2025

Contract signed between Éco Entreprises Québec and Matrec, a division of GFL Environmental Inc. Montreal, August 30th, 2023 — Following last spring’s announcement of the agreement in principle between Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and Green For Life (Matrec – GFL), the two organizations formally signed a contract on August 25th enabling Matrec – GFL to begin construction of […]

9 May 2023

Change is on the way – Éco Entreprises Québec mandates Matrec – GFL for the construction and operation of a new sorting centre to serve the east end of Montreal

Montreal, May 8, 2023 — Following a call for qualification for the construction and operation of a new sorting centre (MRF) for recyclable materials to serve the east end of the island of Montreal, Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) has selected the proposal of Green for Life (Matrec — GFL), the fourth largest North American player […]