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

27 October 2023

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 […]

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Unwrapping, the English version of Tout déballer – a documentary that exposes the issues related to the packaging lifecycle – is finally available

25 October 2023

  Montreal, October 10, 2023 — It has been almost a year since the first screening of Tout déballer, a French-language documentary that shed light on the complex system behind packaging and its many functions. This project is the result of a collaboration between Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and the École de design of the […]

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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 […]

3 April 2023

Launch of a call for expression of interest for the conditioning and recycling of curbside recycling materials

Last October 24th, Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) became the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO) responsible of developing, implementing, and financially supporting the modernization of curbside recycling in the name of producers. This change, governed by the Regulation respecting a system of selective collection of certain residual materials aims to increase the circularity of recyclable materials. Quebec […]