Technologies & Innovations

Montréal, August 12, 2019. — According to an agreement in principle between manufacturer Owens-Illinois of Montréal and conditioner Groupe Bellemare of Trois-Rivières, it will soon be possible to produce bottles from glass collected through curbside recycling. This new outlet for glass recycling in Québec is the result of efforts initiated by Éco Entreprises Québec under its […]

The fact that the Régie intermunicipale de traitement des matières résiduelles de la Gaspésie (RITMRG) is facing the possibility of having to landfill certain recyclable materials if nobody takes them on soon – in spite of its proactive attempts to find solutions – confirms just how far-reaching the problem is for all Québec and North […]

In the Gaspé region, the city of Chandler showed that using glass in road infrastructures reduces buckling. The case study, carried out by École de technologie supérieure as part of the Innovative Glass Works plan in collaboration with Éco Entreprises Québec, the Régie intermunicipale de traitement des matières résiduelles de la Gaspésie and the city […]

ÉEQ welcomes the announcement of a new commercial agreement to recycle glass in Québec to produce crude silica and high value-added chemical products.

20 companies from Québec and Canada will take part in the upcoming International Québec-France Forum on Plastics solutions, presented by Éco Entreprises Québec and Citeo.

ÉEQ the SAQ are pleased to welcome the recognition of glass powder as a cement additive by CSA Group. This important decision means a second life for glass collected through curbside recycling.