CTTEI will help Reunion Island to deploy the circular economy

Published on March 8, 2018June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

The challenges of the island context A small island of 2,500 km² in the heart of the Indian Ocean, Reunion Island concentrates the major global challenges. Over the last 50 years, it has undergone a major transformation, marked by sustained demographic and economic growth. The population has more than doubled to reach 850,000 inhabitants, i.e. almost 800,000 people. The CTTEI will help Reunion Island to deploy the circular economy ...

RECYC-QUÉBEC injects $180,000 into Kamouraska: from the industrial symbiosis to the circular economy

Published on February 6, 2018June 9, 2020 by Laurie-Anne Cournoyer

As proactive as ever in its desire to establish the circular economy in the Kamouraska region, the Société d'aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) du Kamouraska obtained financial assistance of $180,000 from RECYC-QUÉBEC as part of the Transition to the Circular Economy (APTEC) call for proposals. The CFDC is thus continuing to deploy its new initiative to help the Kamouraska region move toward a circular economy. The CFDC is injecting $180,000 into Kamouraska: from the industrial symbiosis to the circular economy ...

New expertise at the CTTÉI

Published on January 23, 2018June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

A little biotech genius! The CTTÉI is proud to welcome Mathieu Pominville-Racette, its new intern for 3 months. Passionate about finding sustainable and efficient solutions for businesses and society, Mathieu is currently studying biotechnology engineering at the Université de Sherbrooke. "Biotechnological engineering is comparable to chemical engineering. Engineers working in New Expertise at CTTÉI ...

Launch of the Vallée-du-Richelieu Symbiosis

Published on November 10, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

An initiative of the MRC Vallée-du-Richelieu The M.R.C. of La Vallée-du-Richelieu was granted $180,000 in government financial assistance through the state-owned corporation RECYC-QUÉBEC as part of the Transition to the Circular Economy (APTEC) call for proposals to support the creation of a circular economy industrial symbiosis on its territory. The announcement was made during the Launch of the Symbiose Vallée-du-Richelieu [...].

Circular economy and industrial symbiosis : Premises and GHG balance sheet

Published on September 29, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

The Centre de transfert technologique en écologie industrielle (CTTÉI), Synergie Économique Laurentides, members of the Communauté Synergie Québec, the Association française ORÉE and the MRC de Sept-Rivières were at the Colloque de gestion des matières résiduelles organized by Réseau Environnement and presented by RECYC-QUÉBEC and Éco Entreprises Québec on September 20. It was with some excitement and in the heat of the fall that their panel closed the 2017 edition of En savoir plus surÉconomie circulaire and industrial symbiosis : Premises and GHG balance sheet ...

New image, new functions for the Synergie Québec platform

Published on September 11, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

Over the past few months, the Synergie Québec Community has grown considerably! From east to west, from Gatineau to the Gaspé Peninsula, the Community now has 14 territories involved in a project industrial symbiosis supported by the Centre de transfert technologique en écologie industrielle (CTTÉI). Synergie Québec brings together networks of organizations linked together by exchanges of resources, residual materials, water, Learn more aboutNew image, new functions for the Synergie Québec platform ...

Residues diverted from landfill thanks to the CTTÉI

Published on August 21, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

This text is a reproduction of an article by Sarah-Ève Charland published in the online edition of the newspaper Les 2 Rives de Sorel-Tracy. The CTTÉI is at the origin of this initiative. The CTTÉI validated that the physico-chemical properties of the SO2 residue met the acceptance criteria for Agro-100. The two companies then went on to Learn more about Residues diverted from landfill thanks to the CTTÉI ...

New expertise in process engineering

Published on July 13, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

The CTTÉI team is growing! The CTTÉI would like to acknowledge the arrival of Mr. Pedro Ramirez, who holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering and a Graduate Diploma in Automation.

All united for textiles!

Published on June 12, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

Enhancing the value of Quebec's textile supply According to 2008 data, nearly 180,000 tonnes of residential textiles are rejected each year by Quebec households, or 24 kg per inhabitant. The quantities generated by Quebec's industrial sector are unknown, but would exceed 15,000 tonnes per year. In developed countries, the quantity of textiles produced in Quebec is more than 15,000 tonnes per year. […]

Technological showcase for Sorel-Tracy

Published on June 1, 2017June 9, 2020 by Claude Maheux-Picard

The CTTÉI consolidates its expertise in clean processes Sorel-Tracy, June 1, 2017 - In the presence of Sorel-Tracy Mayor Serge Péloquin and his research partners, the Centre de transfert technologique en écologie industrielle (CTTÉI), in association with the Cégep de Sorel-Tracy, announced $2,300,000 in funding for the Sorel-Tracy Technology Showcase, which will be held in Sorel-Tracy on June 1, 2017, in the presence of the Mayor of Sorel-Tracy, Serge Péloquin, and his research partners.