{"id":5877,"date":"2021-05-13T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricova.com\/its-springtime-spring-cleaning-means-recycling\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T14:29:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T19:29:01","slug":"its-springtime-spring-cleaning-means-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/its-springtime-spring-cleaning-means-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s springtime! Spring cleaning means recycling!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5877\" class=\"elementor elementor-5877 elementor-1993\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41dd4da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41dd4da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3164ee9\" data-id=\"3164ee9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c47da8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c47da8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The arrival of Spring is often an opportunity for many citizens to clean up their homes from top to bottom, put away winter clothes and sort out their closets and garages.<\/p>\n<p>Many items end up in the recycling bins because people think they belong there. Even if, on the surface, certain materials appear recyclable, it\u2019s not always the case. Meanwhile, items that should go in the recycling bin all too often end up in landfills.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc51263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc51263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Over 1.2 million tonnes of recyclable materials<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26bf8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26bf8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/voute.bape.gouv.qc.ca\/dl\/?id=00000236275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>sector report<\/strong><\/span><\/a> produced by Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec in February 2021, there are many materials that could be reused, recycled, and recovered today, that are still being disposed of in Quebec.<\/p><p>The document records that the province sent more than 1.2 million tons of recyclable materials to landfill in 2019-2020 alone. The Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec document states that 545,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard, 458,000 tonnes of plastic, 142,000 tonnes of metal and 76,000 tonnes of glass were &#8220;disposed of&#8221; in Quebec, when these materials could have been recovered in Quebec or elsewhere.<\/p><p>For almost twenty years, Ricova has been finding companies that will transform recyclable materials and give them a new use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3eb21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e3eb21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tools available for you!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-190f166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"190f166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you sort through all the stuff that has accumulated in the garage over the winter months, are you wondering whether or not it belongs in the recycling bin? Check out Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/points-de-recuperation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>&#8220;Where does it go?&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/a> tool to find out.<\/p><p>Do you really have a lot of recyclables? It&#8217;s also possible to rent a container for a short period &#8211; find out more! Our experienced advisors are specially trained to help you make the right choice for your needs!<\/p><p>Ask one of them for more information! <a href=\"mailto:ventes@ricova.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ventes@ricova.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db00f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"db00f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Grand-menage-rime-avec-recyclage.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" muted=\"muted\" controlsList=\"nodownload\" poster=\"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/vignette2-Grand-menage-rime-avec-recyclage.jpg\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The arrival of Spring is often an opportunity for many citizens to clean up their homes from top to bottom, put away winter clothes and sort out their closets and garages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2001,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[186,128],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","tag-containers","tag-recycling-bins"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ricova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}