The Dirty Secrets of Canadian Paper Recycling, One Year Later

Source: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/5723/recyclage-papier-canadien-inde-enquete-centre-tri

Author: Chantal Lavigne

From time to time, Karel Ménard visits sorting centers in Quebec to document what is going on there. He leads the Quebec Common Front for Ecological Waste Management. Last January, we accompanied him to a sorting center in the Montreal region. What he sees that day does not please him. The bundles of paper and cardboard stacked outside contain far too many plastic bags and wrappers. The customer who is going to buy this, he is going to have to sort it all out again , he says.