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Marie-Josée Duchesne, François Duchesne’s sister, spoke on behalf of the families of the victims of the 2020 Old Quebec sword rampage at the unveiling of a memorial plaque at Place d’Armes on Oct. 31. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)

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Mayor Bruno Marchand observes as Marie-Josée Asselin, vice-president of the executive committee responsible for the environment and waste management, demonstrates how to insert a purple bag into the kitchen waste receptacle that residents of Quebec City will receive over the next six months. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau)

City begins household food waste collection in La Haute Saint-Charles

City begins household food waste collection in La Haute Saint-Charles

Shirley Nadeau

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Quebec City’s garbage is getting more and more colourful! Along with dark green plastic bags for regular garbage, orange bags for fall foliage and blue bags for recyclables such as paper, plastic and metal, some residents now have purple bags for the collection of household food waste, i.e. basically anything that can be eaten or is part of something that can be eaten.

No paper, plastic or metal should be placed in these bags. If you or your dog can’t digest it, neither can the new Centre de biométhanisation de la matière organique (CBMO; organic matter biomethanization centre) located at 105 Boulevard Henri-Bourassa near the Baie de Beauport.

On Nov. 1, the Ville de Québec announced the beginning of the collection of food waste in the Haute Saint-Charles borough. For the occasion, Mayor Bruno Marchand; Marie-Josée Asselin, vice-president of the executive committee responsible for the environment and waste management; and Bianca Dussault, president of the borough, delivered the first two containers and rolls of bags to residents of households on Ave. de la Montagne.

The start of the collection of household food waste allows for the gradual entry into service of the CBMO. The purple bags of food waste, collected with regular garbage, will be sent to the organic matter recovery centre (CRMO) where they will be separated from other debris by optical sorting and pushed by air jets toward the treatment equipment. Emptied of their contents, the purple bags are sent off to be recycled separately.

“Today we are taking a big step towards a greener and more responsible city,” declared Marchand. “We are entering a new era for the biomethanization of household waste in Quebec City. Together, we will contribute to the energy transition by creating methane gas with our waste. We are adopting a method that is effective, easy and already the envy of other cities across the province and in Canada. With only a small, simple gesture, citizens will be able to contribute effectively to the fight against climate change. Let’s make this new practice everyone’s business.”

Small, white kitchen-sized bins and a six-month supply of purple bags will be offered free of charge to all residents for the collection of food waste. Distribution will take place gradually around the city over the next six months.

“With the start of food waste collection, we invite residents to develop this new simple, eco-friendly habit,” added Asselin. “By putting your leftovers and all your food waste in the bin, you contribute with us to reduce the city’s greenhouse gases by 18,000 tonnes each year. Thank you for making Quebec a greener city with us!”

Once full, the purple bag should be placed in the usual refuse container so it can be picked up by the regular garbage trucks. Residents of apartment or condo complexes can therefore participate like residents of single-family homes.

By using regular garbage collection to pick up purple bags, the city avoids the need for a third collection, which in turn prevents the noise, dust and greenhouse gas emissions from additional garbage trucks.

The recovery of organic matter will produce 73,000 tons of digestate, a natural fertilizer that will be used to fertilize agricultural fields, and 10.2 million cubic metres of renewable natural gas that will be injected into the Énergir network. In this regard, a $100-million agreement over 20 years was reached between the Ville de Québec and Énergir in 2019.

To find out more about the new collection of food waste and biomethanization, consult ville.quebec.qc.ca/sacmauve.

Mayor Bruno Marchand observes as Marie-Josée Asselin, vice-president of the executive committee responsible for the environment and waste management, demonstrates how to insert a purple bag into the kitchen waste receptacle that residents of Quebec City will receive over the next six months. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau)
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Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana tells tales of nature, love, drinking and carnal desire, topics that are timelessly relevant as testified by the full house at the Grand Théâtre on both nights of the show, Nov. 2-3. (Photo by Myriam Labbé)

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The gravestone of Blanche Garneau is located in the Saint-Charles Cemetery in Quebec City. The 21-year-old adopted daughter of Michel Baribeau and Émilie Sanfaçon was murdered while walking home from work through Parc Victoria on the evening of July 22, 1920. No one was ever convicted. A political cover-up to protect the alleged culprits was suspected at the time. (Éric Veillette via Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

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igrant workers, labour leaders and activists rallied in front of the National Assembly on Nov. 6 to call on the federal and provincial governments to make it easier for migrant workers to legally remain in Canada. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin)

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Members of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign organizing committee take a moment out of a busy meeting to pose for this hybrid group photo. On the screen are: Ellie Fleming (Jeffery Hale Partners), Jean-Sebastien Jolin-Gignac (Jeffery Hale Partners), Julie Le Floch (Saint Brigid’s Home), Raphaëlle Verge (Saint Brigid’s), Nancy Boulanger (Jeffery Hale Community Services), Melissa Wan (Voice of English-speaking Québec), Anthony Arata (Morrin Centre), Andrée Lemieux (St. Patrick’s Church), Brigitte Wellens (Voice of English-speaking Québec) and Laurence Allard (South Shore English Network). In person are Elise Holloway (Jeffery Hale Partners), Rev. Katherine Burgess (St. Andrew’s Church), Anne Martineau (St. Michael’s Church), Sylvie Piché (Eastern Quebec Learning Centre), Nectaria Skokos (Jeffery Hale Partners), Shirley Nadeau (Chalmers-Wesley Church), Amy Vallières Brennan (EQLC) and Susan Doucet. Others not in the photo: Vincent Laliberté (Central Québec School Board), Marlene Fortin (Saint Brigid’s), Hugh Fraser (Fraser Recovery Program), Jacques Gaines (CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence), Lindsay Jarjour (Quebec Baptist Church), Chantal Lafrenière (Fraser Recovery Program), Darla Sloan (Église St-Pierre), Duncan Smith, Ed Sweeney (CQSB) and Derek White. (Photo by Jean-Sébastien Jolin-Gignac)

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS HAMPER CAMPAIGN: Help deliver some goodness this holiday season

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS HAMPER CAMPAIGN: Help deliver some goodness this holiday season!

Submitted by the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign

The 27th annual Community Christmas Hamper Campaign is now underway! Please help us deliver some goodness to those in need by contributing to this wonderful community initiative before Dec. 17 in the following ways:

∙ Donate: Our annual objective of $50,000 will cover added expenses due to inflation and the pandemic, such as our obligation once again to purchase all of the food in the hampers (both fresh and non-perishable). Please mail in your cheque or donate online using our easy and secure online donation form at qchampers.ca.

∙ Volunteer: We need volunteers to help pack and deliver the hampers. Please visit our website to learn more.

For details about how you can contribute, please visit qchampers.ca, send an email to give@qchampers.ca or call Hamper Headquarters at 418- 684-5333, ext. 11835. Follow the Quebec City Community Christmas Hamper Campaign Facebook page and share your giving story there.

About the Campaign

Since 1995, the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign has been delivering goodness to more than 200 homes in the greater Quebec City region at Christmas time. The organizing committee of this huge annual initiative is composed of representatives from 18 organizations from the local English-speaking community. Heartfelt thanks to you – our donors, volunteers and numerous partners – for your unwavering devotion to this act of kindness toward those in need.

The members of the organizing committee would like to express their profound sadness on the recent passing of Bill Donnelly, a hamper volunteer extraordinaire and an all-around wonderful person who supported the campaign in immeasurable ways over the years.

Fondly known as “the box man,” Bill collaborated with Emballages L.P. Aubut every year to find the perfect boxes in which to pack the groceries that are delivered to families and individual recipients – not too big, not too small, but just right! Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this difficult time.

Members of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign organizing committee take a moment out of a busy meeting to pose for this hybrid group photo. On the screen are: Ellie Fleming (Jeffery Hale Partners), Jean-Sebastien Jolin-Gignac (Jeffery Hale Partners), Julie Le Floch (Saint Brigid’s Home), Raphaëlle Verge (Saint Brigid’s), Nancy Boulanger (Jeffery Hale Community Services), Melissa Wan (Voice of English-speaking Québec), Anthony Arata (Morrin Centre), Andrée Lemieux (St. Patrick’s Church), Brigitte Wellens (Voice of English-speaking Québec) and Laurence Allard (South Shore English Network). In person are Elise Holloway (Jeffery Hale Partners), Rev. Katherine Burgess (St. Andrew’s Church), Anne Martineau (St. Michael’s Church), Sylvie Piché (Eastern Quebec Learning Centre), Nectaria Skokos (Jeffery Hale Partners), Shirley Nadeau (Chalmers-Wesley Church), Amy Vallières Brennan (EQLC) and Susan Doucet. Others not in the photo: Vincent Laliberté (Central Québec School Board), Marlene Fortin (Saint Brigid’s), Hugh Fraser (Fraser Recovery Program), Jacques Gaines (CEGEP Champlain – St. Lawrence), Lindsay Jarjour (Quebec Baptist Church), Chantal Lafrenière (Fraser Recovery Program), Darla Sloan (Église St-Pierre), Duncan Smith, Ed Sweeney (CQSB) and Derek White. (Photo by Jean-Sébastien Jolin-Gignac)