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2022 PROCLAIMED “YEAR OF GLASS”
At Bellemare, as for the planet, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaims 2022, “Year of Glass”. The resolution entitled “International Year of Glass, 2022” presented by Spain emphasizes the ecological value of glass and its vocation to replace packaging plastics. The resolution also highlights its architectural and technological virtues and underlines that glass can […]
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GLASS RECOVERY IN THE MAURICIE REGION, GROUPE BELLEMARE’S BUSINESS
It is with great pride that we have deployed a recycling bin that will allow people to drop off several types of non-returnable, single-use, curbside collected, transparent or coloured glass containers, which will be directly sent back into circular economy. This bin is installed in a Société immobilière Duguay parking lot, near SAQ Dépôt, on […]
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Bellemare Environnement: setting for an unusual work of art
Benjamin Von Wong is world-widely known for his hyper-realistic sculptures and photographs that ring the alarm bell on environmental issues. His Last Project? A giant tap leaking plastic trash. The Idea? Install, 30 feet in the air, a giant faucet made from ventilation ducts in various significant places. From the tap opening flow plastic containers […]
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Bellemare Environnement receives RECYC-QUÉBEC Silver certification as part of the CRD Sorting Center Recognition Program.
Quebec has nearly sixty facilities that sort residual materials from the construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) industry. Until now, there was no way for an external stakeholder to know if a CRD sorting facility was providing real sorting, recycling or recovery efforts, compared to other facilities possibly providing less service and not always following best […]
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Groupe Bellemare in the great 5S adventure
5S : Seiri (sort), Seiton (set in order), Seiso (shine), Seiketsu (standardize) et Shitsuke (sustain/self-disscipline); the essential tasks to improve our environment. « Improving our environment » is the motivation behind our commitment to the 5S process. The first project took place in a sector of our Abrasives & Minerals division, where we had several objectives, including no longer having to search for tools and equipment and […]
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Transport of wind turbine blades in Gaspé
Since November 2016, a team has been dedicated to the transport of wind turbine blades in Gaspé. Jean-François Cloutier — Truck driver Marc Dumaresq — Truck Driver Bruno Leblanc — Truck Driver Tomy English – Truck Driver Martin Lemieux – Truck Driver Yves Bérubé – Truck Driver Omer Clavet — Pilot car Marc Langlois – […]
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Trois-Rivières: a new collection point for glass recovery
A new container for glass recovery is now available to everyone at our head office at 8750, boulevard Industriel in Trois-Rivières. The population is invited to drop off non-refundable bottles and containers in clear and colored glass. Did you know? The glass collected in voluntary drop-off points is the cleanest glass we receive and therefore […]
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RCC paving, for an innovative and sustainable industrial boulevard
The city of Châteauguay recently took the initiative to use roller-compacted concrete (RCC) for the redesign of its industrial boulevard, its largest construction site and investment for the current year. RCC pavement is an excellent choice in an industrial environment since it offers several benefits over asphalt, as up to twice the service life, excellent resistance […]
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Blue-Box glass soon to be transformed into bottles
According to an agreement in principle between manufacturer Owens-Illinois of Montréal and Groupe Bellemare (sector Abrasives & Minerals), it will soon be possible to produce bottles from glass collected through curbside recycling. This new outlet for glass recycling in Québec is the result of efforts initiated by Éco Entreprises Québec under its Innovative Glass Works […]
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Groupe Bellemare – Proud partner of Les Aigles de Trois-Rivières
On June 19, Les Aigles de Trois-Rivières officially inaugurated their new lounge space with their two partners: Groupe Bellemare and Groupe Somavrac. The lounge, named “Lounge Groupe Somavrac / Groupe Bellemare” is installed in a 40-foot container and it offers baseball fans a singular experience: attending the game directly on the field of the stadium, […]
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Groupe Bellemare, Partner of the year for Dumoulin competition
Last Friday, we received a visit from the Dumoulin Competition race team. Jean-François and Louis-Philippe were at our head office to present Groupe Bellemare with the “Partner of the year” trophy. Winner of the 2018 NASCAR Pinty’s Series championship, they also brought the majestic trophy highlighting their victory; employees were able to take pictures with […]