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Our garbage: 4 problems and their solutions

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The best type of garbage is clearly the garbage that we avoid creating in the first place. The Quebec Bureau des audiences publiques en environnement (BAPE) is currently examining the state of our waste management and analyzing what the next 20 years may look like.

At Équiterre, we are trying to refocus the discussion around reducing our garbage at the source, in order to have less waste to manage.

Spoiler alert: recycling is not the solution! Recyclable materials account for one quarter of what is thrown out in Quebec - about 1.2 million tonnes!

Let's have a look at four problems regarding our current waste crisis, but even more solutions:

Do you want to help put these solutions in place?

The BAPE hearings on residual waste are currently taking place! Make your concerns and solutions known.

Provide your input by May 3 -> bit.ly/bapedéchetsutlimes

To find out more go to:

References

Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement. L’état des lieux et la gestion des résidus ultimes
Earth Overshoot Day. Country Overshoot Day
Équiterre. Obsolescence des appareils électroménagers et électroniques : Quel rôle pour le consommateur?
Organisation des Nations unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). Global food losses and food waste
RECYC-QUÉBEC. Rapport sectoriel de RECYC-QUÉBEC dans le cadre du mandat du BAPE sur L’état des lieux et la gestion des résidus ultimes
Tu vas pas jeter ça? Les plus récentes données sur le gaspillage alimentaire au Canada

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