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November 2019
Québec elementary school has a big win
Saint-Hugues – Saint-Marcel Elementary School, located in the Regional County Municipality of Maskoutains, certainly merits high praise for its outstanding environmental practices.
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October 2019
Consignaction partners with the popular TV show, Occupation Double
For the second year in a row, Consignaction is partnering with the program Occupation Double Afrique du Sud presented on channel V. Fans of this popular reality TV show will surely have noted the presence of the Consignaction box in the participants’ house, in addition to seeing our messages during the ad breaks.
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October 2019
Thousands of companies answer the call of Consignaction
In September 2019, Consignaction launched an advertising campaign to incite companies to install deposit boxes for returnable containers at workplaces. The response was enthusiastic and some 15,000 new deposit boxes were delivered.
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July 2019
Youth, the Piknic Electronik and consignment
Consignaction is taking part in the major electronic music festival right throughout the summer season. The goal? To heighten young people’s awareness of the importance of returning their refundable containers to the dépanneur or grocery store.
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April 2019
April 22: Earth Day is coming
Over the years, Earth Day has become the largest participatory environmental movement on the planet. In Québec, we have been celebrating it since 1995. On Earth Day, all sorts of different activities are organized to heighten awareness and encourage the population to make individual contributions by cycling or taking public transport whenever possible, recycling carefully, being a wiser consumer, etc. so as to leave the smallest possible ecological footprint behind.
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May 2018
Laval Scouts collect funds thanks to consignment
Laval, Saturday May 12, 2018 – A group of 50 scouts from Laval organized a collection of refundable containers with the aim of financing their annual activities. All day long, young scouts from the 205th Saint-Elzéar Troop spread out in the Vimont district of Laval, collecting precious cans and bottles that citizens had thoughtfully placed outside their doors.
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April 2018
Fun educational tour for elementary school students
This spring, Consignaction will undertake a tour of elementary schools in Québec to encourage young students to adopt good recycling habits. This operation is part of a wider awareness program set up by the organization CBR (Communauté du ballon rond), based on four key values it wishes to transmit to youth: nutrition, physical activity, cultural diversity and environment.
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March 2018
Consignaction offers online pickups
Good news, Consignaction is getting more and more requests for pickups from companies and organizations!! Thank to our new online form, it’s easier than ever to request a pickup for your deposit boxes!
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January 2018
1.5 billion refundable containers recovered in 2017
In 2017, Quebecers returned nearly 1.5 billion containers, up from the previous year. Year after year, about 1.9 billion returnable containers of aluminum, glass and plastic are sold on retailers’ shelves. The recovery rate for containers recorded in Quebec is estimated at about 78%.
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December 2017
Consignaction talks to Cegep and university students
Less than a third of refundable glass containers are currently returned to the deposit-refund system in Quebec, which is why Consignaction has conducted an awareness campaign with CEGEP and university students.
