With the amount of construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) waste sent to landfill steadily increasing over the past five years, the Quebec professional construction and housing association (APCHQ) is set to launch a pilot project to sort materials directly on construction sites.

In 2021, CRDs accounted for nearly one-third of the materials sent to landfill, according to Recyc-Québec’s latest waste management report. The 1,018,000 tonnes of waste generated by the construction and renovation industry represented a 20 per cent increase in three years.

This increase undermined the progress made in other sectors, particularly in the reduction of domestic waste. The Legault government set a goal of capping the amount of waste produced per Quebecer at 525 kilograms by the end of 2019.

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