Allan Gerlat, News Editor

January 8, 2013

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Sims Starts New Electronic Recycling Unit in Quebec

Sims Recycling Solutions Canada has started up a new electronics recycling facility in Laval, Quebec.

The Canadian unit of the Chicago-based Sims said in a news release that the new 55,000-sq.-ft. facility in the greater Montreal area will help meet new waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) stewardship regulations implemented by Quebec last July.

Sims said the facility in Quebec, a province which has 24 percent of Canada’s population, joins two sites operating in Ontario and one in British Columbia to serve the Canadian market.

“If Quebec’s volumes reflect those other provinces driven by similar regulations, we can expect at least 25,000 metric tons of WEE to be recycled in Quebec over the next year,” said Cindy Coutts, president of Sims Recycling Solutions Canada.

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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