A new plan for reducing waste: how do you feel about it?
As required under the Environment Quality Act, Ville de Gatineau has started revising its Residual Materials Management Plan (RMMP) for 2023-2029.
In 2021, Gatineau consulted you on the main orientations and priorities in preparation for its draft RMMP. Now that it's ready, we'd like to hear what you think about it! How do you feel about the proposed measures? We'd like to hear your thoughts about a city aiming for zero waste and your vision for it.
Every resident, industry, business and institution, as well as the municipal organization, contributes to Gatineau's progress towards a zero-waste city by focusing on advancing the circular economy within Gatineau.
Orientations
Help achieve the government's goals for residual materials management, which include compliance with the 4R-D (reduce at the source, reuse, recycle, recover and dispose) hierarchy, with a focus on reducing at the source and reusing residual materials.
Get every resident, in particular the industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sector, to take greater responsibility for adopting best practices regarding sorting, recovering and managing their residual materials in accordance with the principles of the circular economy.
Facilitate access by every resident, at home as in the ICI sector, to effective residual materials management programs and services within Gatineau.
Continue to inform, raise awareness, educate and guide residents in order to get them to rethink their consumption, optimize their use of products and services, and better manage the residual materials they generate.
Make the municipal organization an example to follow when it comes to residual materials management, and develop a corporate RMMP for Ville de Gatineau.
Goals
Residential and organizational sector
Recover 85% of recyclables.
Recover 85% of compostables.
Recover 85% of construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) waste.
Recover 75% of textiles sent to landfill.
Aim for complete elimination of household hazardous waste from household waste.
Maintain the progress made in eliminating ultimate waste per person.
ICI (industrial, commercial and institutional) sector
Recover 60% of organic materials.
Recover 75% of paper, cardboard, glass, plastic and metal.
Recover 70% of CRD waste.
All sectors
Reduce the volume of residual materials generated per person by emphasizing reduction at the source and reuse.
Reduce regional vulnerability related to the treatment of ultimate waste.
* Hard copy (paper) versions of the draft RMMP are also available for consultation in the municipal libraries and service centres.
Share your views
Online platform for residents: share your ideas, comment on the proposals and ask your questions!
From April 28 to June 1, 2022
Take part in the second portion of the public hearing (oral presentation of your opinion**):
Virtual public hearing for residents and community and environmental organizations: Wednesday, May 25, 2022, starting at 6 p.m.
(link to follow)
Virtual public hearing for the industrial, commercial and institutional sector and for the construction sector: Thursday, May 26, 2022, starting at 6 p.m.
(link to follow)
** Oral briefs must be submitted no later than May 18, 2022. For instructions on submitting a brief, please refer to the document entitled Les modalités de participation à une audience publique (available in French only), and fill out the required form (available in French only).
Your contribution is important, whether you are a resident, the owner of a business or a multi-unit residential building, or a representative of an institution, a residents' association or a non-profit organization. Reducing waste is a shared responsibility!
Meeting with stakeholders, online questionnaire and survey for residents
Spring 2021
Presentation of the RMMP vision, orientations and goals by the Municipal Council
Summer 2021
Preparation of the draft RMMP
Summer-autumn 2021
Adoption of the draft RMMP by the Municipal Council for public consultations
January 31, 2022
Public consultations on the draft RMMP
Spring 2022
Adoption of the modified draft RMMP by the Municipal Council
Late 2022
Submission of the modified draft RMMP to the ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques (MELCC) for a compliance assessment
Early 2023
Adoption of the 2023-2029 RMMP by the Municipal Council
Early 2023
Gatineau residents found themselves having to make significant adjustments to their residual materials management habits. Their efforts paid off, leading to Gatineau becoming the big city in Quebec with the smallest volume of ultimate waste per inhabitant in 2019 and 2020!
For additional information, contact the RMMP team at pgmr@gatineau.ca.
About Gatineau
Recognized for its quality of life, Gatineau is a city of 291,000 inhabitants. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, and extends east and west of the Gatineau River.
