COVID-19

Since the beginning of the health crisis, ÉEQ carried out analyses of the impact of COVID-19 on the recycling industry, on packaging ecodesign and on changes in consumer behaviour.  In these challenging times and considering our mission, it was essential for us to make proposals aimed at achieving ambitious environmental goals for recovery and a green and circular growth […]

The recycling industry is not being spared by COVID-19. Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) presents two reports* showing the main impacts of the pandemic on deposit-refund and curbside recycling systems in Québec, Canada, the US and Europe.  Five key findings emerging from the outset: Curbside recycling is an essential service Whereas only trash collection used to […]

Here in Quebec and elsewhere around the world, the ongoing health crisis has disrupted our spending habits. As part of ÉEQ’s annual general assembly held on April 29th, Geneviève Dionne, Director, Ecodesign and Circular Economy, presented an analysis on ecodesign in the age of COVID-19. For consumers and companies alike, the pandemic raises many concerns. […]

Montreal, April 30, 2020 – Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ), the non-profit organization representing thousands of companies in their responsibilities to finance the collection and sorting of recycling bin contents, held, on April 29, its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in online format, with about fifty companies taking part remotely. During the meeting, Mr. Denis Brisebois, Chairman […]

While Quebec is “put on pause”, ÉEQ is striving to support its stakeholders who continue working to maintain the essential service that is curbside recycling. Here is an overview of the four major projects ÉEQ is working on throughout the COVID-19 crisis. 1- A strategic watch of impacts of the pandemic on deposit and curbside […]

Dear partners, The crisis we are currently living through has generated an exceptional wave of solidarity throughout the community, particularly at companies represented by Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ). The worldwide repercussions of this crisis will certainly change our way of life and how we consume, and we will all have to adapt. On March 23rd, […]