Valoris signs agreement for a major pilot project

Valoris announces an agreement with a subsidiary of 3R Valorisation de Montréal for the processing of mixed dry building materials. The agreement between the two companies will allow Valoris to test the CRD sorting line at the Bury waste management centre.

The 20-week pilot project will allow 15,000 metric tons of uncontaminated CRD materials to be sent to the Valoris CRD sorting line. Once the materials have been sorted, the company will transport them to its customers for recovery. No residue from this treatment of CRD materials will be buried at Valoris.

This pilot project will allow the achievement of two objectives. The first is to test the operation of the Valoris CRD sorting line according to the type and tonnage of materials transported. The second is to guage the operational and financial parameters of a potential agreement for a volume of between 90,000 and 100,000 tonnes per year for a period of between 4 and 5 years, starting in early 2020.

"This is great news for Valoris. We have been working on this agreement for several weeks now. This is a great opportunity to demonstrate the added value of Valoris in the recovery of residual materials. This pilot test will also help us to see more clearly the different possibilities of recovery for Valoris," commented Denis Gélinas, Acting General Manager of Valoris.

"Managing mixed dry materials from various construction, renovation and demolition projects is challenging. Valoris' mission is to develop as much material as possible to avoid burying it in the ground, which is perfectly in line with our corporate vision. At the moment, we are recycling 95% of the material and diverting it from landfill. Our partnership with Valoris will allow us to be even more efficient in this field," concluded Simon Bergeron, representative of the Montreal waste management company.