The Quebec government's new measures to improve its recycling system place more responsibility on companies when it comes to the waste management of their products.

While Plante didn't set an exact date for the new bylaw to come into effect, she said: "It must be done in 2020."

There's still no solution to deal with mounting pile of material at Saint-Michel sorting centre

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante vows that recycling operations will continue in the city as a crisis looms in Quebec.

However, Jean-François Parenteau, the executive member in charge of the environment, said the city has various options when it comes to moving forward.

Quebec is facing a recycling emergency after four sorting centres in the province are threatening to close.

The City of Montreal wants to hear from residents.

According to numbers provided by the Montreal Metropolitan Community, local households aren't hitting the target of recycling 70 per cent of waste.

About 30 the garbage cans in Montreal's Plateau now have a metal rack with slots for glass bottles and cans.

A fight is brewing over recycling in Côte-des-Neiges--Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.