Overseeing material recovery facilities and developing new markets
Issue
Development of new markets for recyclable materials
The closure of Asian markets, where a large portion of our sorted materials used to be purchased, has forced material recovery facilities to liquidate their merchandise on local markets. To give new life to all of our recovered materials locally, however, there is still a lot of work to be done.
Moreover, a lot of MRF equipment is obsolete, which limits the quality and quantity of materials being sent to recyclers.
Test your knowledge
What material comes out of material recovery facilities the most for recycling purposes?
That's what we thought, too!
Not quite!
That's right!
Solution
Overseeing material recovery facilities and promote the use of recycled and recyclable materials in the design of packaging elements.
Investing in the modernization of MRFs will contribute to producing a better quality of materials and, therefore, better performance for recycling in Quebec.
Businesses need to improve their packaging design. The recyclability of packaging will increase and the entire system will benefit.
In other words, making recycling a model of circular economy is the solution: Materials people place in their bins must be properly sorted by MRFs, transformed by recyclers, reintroduced as recycled materials in packaging or used as raw materials to make new products, by local businesses.
Uniting our forces to recycle better
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Overseeing material recovery facilities and broaden the application of best practices
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Increase the quality of materials sorted, then sent from MRFs to processors
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Improve confidence in the system by ensuring the application of transparency and traceability
Quiz
At material recovery facilities, sorters work hard every day to remove "intruders" from the line. These are items or objects that have been wrongfully placed in recycling bins. Could you be as efficient as they are?
Click on the intruders to remove them from the recycling chain.
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Go back to school!!
Sorters do a job that requires rapidity and precision! To help them out, inform yourself before putting certain materais in the bin. The Ça va où? app will certainly be of help.
Not so bad!
You sort with agility but you're still missing some precision! When in doubt, consult the Ça va où? app and you'll certainly become a #binpro.
You're a real #binpro!
Awesome! You really know which materials are accepted in the bin, and you do it with agility and rapidity. Don't forget, when in doubt, consult the Ça va où? app.
