2022
Consigne
Dépôt d'un mémoire proposant de mettre les contenants à remplissages multiples au coeur des priorités
Ongoing
Équiterre is working to encourage systemic changes in waste management practices to facilitate reduction at the source and reuse.
There are too many items that end up in landfill or incineration whose useful life could have been extended, or that could have been diverted or better managed. The current garbage crisis is not only wasteful, but also a significant source of GHG emissions. We need to overhaul our production and consumption systems.
Businesses must be held accountable. Initiatives that foster reduction at the source, reuse and repair must be supported, promoted and developed.
55%
of eliminated materials could have been recycled or composted
“ There’s no shortcut to creating a less wasteful world. We must reduce the items and packaging that we don't need, make repairing accessible to all, and encourage second-hand products and reuse. ”
For nearly 25 years, Équiterre has been promoting sustainable consumption.
We've been looking at waste management issues through a circular economy lens, focusing on reducing waste at the source.
Waste management issues are very important to the green transition, with the potential to create change in production and consumption practices in order to reduce resource extraction and pollution.
Équiterre has been working to encourage governments to reorient their waste management systems around reuse and reduction at the source.
21,600 signatures on a petition for a wine bottle deposit-return system
3 public consultations
48 people trained on waste management issues
Dépôt d'un mémoire proposant de mettre les contenants à remplissages multiples au coeur des priorités
We participated in the commission of inquiry led by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) on waste management.
Announcement that the deposit-return system would be expanded to include all drink bottles.
We submitted a joint brief with CRE-Montréal as part of the consultations on Montreal’s plan for waste management.
We launched a petition for a bottle deposit-return system by the SAQ.
We submitted a brief on regulating the distribution of promotional flyers in Montreal.
We participated in a parliamentary commission on glass recycling.
“ Équiterre supported me throughout the process so that I could participate in the BAPE hearings, starting with a webinar that gave me the information I needed to get started. Amélie also gave me support and encouragement when I drafted my brief and presented it before the BAPE commissioners. I had the tools and motivation I needed to help effect change! Thanks for helping me make my voice heard so effectively! ”
“ Équiterre’s proactive work on the BAPE hearings - mobilizing people and providing information - was invaluable in helping me draft my brief. Not only did this support motivate us to participate in the public consultations, it also helped build our capacity to develop relevant recommendations based on reliable data on the main issues associated with Montreal’s food system. ”