Mask Recycling

• Some Manitoba provincial parks to recycle disposable masks

  Some Manitoba provincial parks will now have a special box to collect disposable masks to recycle them.

  Environment

  Jun 11, 2021
  
• Where do all the masks go? One Quebec company says it shouldn’t be the garbage

  For Eric Ethier, Go Zero Recycle president, it doesn't make sense for the masks to be thrown out when they are '100 per cent recyclable.'

  Environment

  May 8, 2021
  
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• Longueuil public transit authority unveils mask recycling program on Earth Day

  The initiative will allow for 6,500 masks from the RTL's client base to be recycled on a weekly basis, adding to the 10,000 employee masks already being collected.

  Environment

  Apr 22, 2021
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• Most Quebec school boards have no mask recycling plan in place, instead they are thrown in the trash

  It's estimated that Quebec students will use over 318 million surgical masks by the end of the school year, most of which will end up in landfills.

  Environment

  Apr 16, 2021
• Villeray friends cleaning up neighbourhood, one face mask at a time

  Since starting to collect trash, the pair estimates they have collected close to 4,000 masks and well over 10,000 steps.

  Environment

  Apr 10, 2021