{"id":28448,"date":"2020-01-24T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=28448"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:12:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:26","slug":"imminent-closure-of-four-recycling-centres-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/28448\/imminent-closure-of-four-recycling-centres-in-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Imminent closure of four recycling centres in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In the occasion of World Clean-up Day, Greenpeace alongside community allies, volunteers, and a Greenpeace local group, coordinate a clean-up activity and plastic polluter brand audit in Montr\u00e9al.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Reacting to the announcement of the imminent closure of four recycling centres in Quebec, including Montr\u00e9al\u2019s two main sorting centres, Saint-Michel and Lachine, Greenpeace Canada\u2019s Oceans and Plastics Campaigner, Agn\u00e8s Le Rouzic said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

“It is clear that with the proposed closure of two main sorting centres in Montr\u00e9al and the dying recyclables market, cutting global plastic production and eliminating single-use plastics is more urgent than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The City of Montr\u00e9al is currently holding a public consultation on its 2020-2025 Master Plan for Residual Materials Management\u2019. The Plan largely focuses on improving recycling to reduce the amount of residual materials going to landfill. It is unclear whether the closure of the centres was taken into when the Plan was initially proposed. Since the Chinese market stopped accepting various types of plastic and other materials in 2018, the situation in Montreal is not unique. The Canadian waste sector has increasingly been struggling to find buyers for its recyclable materials and, as a result, plastic waste has been left to pill up in sorting centres and landfills in various communities. The global consumption of materials has reached a record 100 billion tonnes per year, according to a report <\/a>published this week. The report also notes that the proportion of materials that are actually being recycled is falling. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt is high time to innovate and focus more on reduction and reuse models, rather than continue to bank on a system that will never contend with the glut of disposable plastics flooding the markets, our communities and the environment. We hope that the City of Montr\u00e9al will find an immediate solution that includes setting a timeline for a strong single-use plastic ban and calling on major plastic producers and distributors to start working on more sustainable product delivery solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

ENDS<\/p>\n\n

Note to editors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Commentaries<\/a> submitted by Greenpeace as part of the public consultation on the City of Montr\u00e9al’s 2020-2025 Residual Materials Management Strategy and Master Plan<\/p>\n\n

For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Laura Bergamo, Communications officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n

lbergamo@greenpeace.org, +1 438 928-5237
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