2022
Consigne
Dépôt d'un mémoire proposant de mettre les contenants à remplissages multiples au coeur des priorités
Ongoing
Waste management
Reuse and reduction at the source are pivotal solutions to address the garbage crisis
Équiterre is working to encourage systemic changes in waste management practices to facilitate reduction at the source and reuse.
The challenge
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. ”
Équiterre's work
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.
Objectives
- Equip the public and organizations to work together on waste management issues;
- Coordinate and collaborate with organizations who are active in reuse;
- Propose concrete solutions to support, promote and develop reduction at the source and reuse initiatives.
Our impact
21,600 signatures on a petition for a wine bottle deposit-return system
3 public consultations
48 people trained on waste management issues
Project history
2021
Taking responsibility for our garbage
We participated in the commission of inquiry led by the Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement (BAPE) on waste management.
2020
Sorting at the source
Announcement that the deposit-return system would be expanded to include all drink bottles.
January
Montreal, zero-waste objective.
We submitted a joint brief with CRE-Montréal as part of the consultations on Montreal’s plan for waste management.
2019
February
We launched a petition for a bottle deposit-return system by the SAQ.
December
We submitted a brief on regulating the distribution of promotional flyers in Montreal.
2018
Recycling takes centre stage
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. ”
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Mémoire - Mettre les contenants à remplissage multiples au coeur de la modernisation de la consigne
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La réduction à la source comme ligne directrice des actions et projets à venir sur le territoire de la communauté métropolitaine de Montréal
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