Coaticook MRC launches ‘occasional ecocentres’
The Coaticook MRC has set up ‘occasional ecocentres,’ a new local service wherein citizens can bring in any number of waste items for free, no matter where the ecocentre is located. For example, a resident of Dixville may use the Barnston West eco-center, and vice versa.
The 2015-2019 residual materials management plan of the MRC pointed out that the MRC required improvement in terms of ecocentre services and the recovery of waste from domestic construction. The MRC has therefore developed a neighborhood service consisting of 12 occasional ecocentres in eight municipalities to meet the public need. Occasional ecocentres have been identified as important links in the residual material recovery chain in the territory. They are public places arranged to collect materials that people do not know what to do with.
The ecocentres deployment will be divided into two waves, including this spring, during the months of May and June, and in the fall during the months of September and October. They will take place on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. during those months. The complete calendar, as well as the complete list of accepted and rejected materials, can be found on the Coaticook MRC website.
The first ecocentre will take place on May 12, just in time for spring cleaning, in Coaticook, at Conteneur Coaticook.