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10 easy ways to save water at home

Écrit par Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, 25 March 2013 , 0 Commentaires Created by Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, March 25, 2013 , 0 Comments

- Quebecers consume on average 386 litres per day! That is a lot of drinking water, and a large part of it is often wasted and goes straight back into the sewer system. Here are a ...

Hey! What if our energy came from the landfill down the road?

Écrit par Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, 06 November 2012 , 0 Commentaires Created by Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, November 6, 2012 , 0 Comments

One day, a Cascader and some of our partners came up with an idea—a vision in which waste comes first. Since that time, their vision has become a concrete, innovative, environment-friendly project, and one of Cascades’s ...

Success not wasted: the beautiful story of a lasting partnership

Écrit par Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, 09 October 2012 , 0 Commentaires Created by Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, October 9, 2012 , 0 Comments

Seven years ago, the coordinator of Action RE-buts, the organization that runs the Semaine québécoise de réduction des déchets (SQRD), offered Cascades the chance to partner with this event. Even though the Week had been created ...

Residual material – Achieving high recycling rates

Écrit par admin, 27 September 2012 , 1 Commentaire Created by admin, September 27, 2012 , 1 Comment

– For several years now, Cascaders have been supporting a number of initiatives to optimize the multi-material recycling program in Cascades’s various units. Because our company’s activities are built on the recycling of waste paper, it ...

The Second Cycle portal breathes new life into residual materials

Écrit par Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, 27 March 2012 , 0 Commentaires Created by Marie-Eve Chapdelaine, March 27, 2012 , 0 Comments

Tuesday, March 20, was the official launch date for Second Cycle, a new company fully committed to managing discarded materials from industry, commerce and institutions (ICI). Cascades was present, as we were one of the ...