Awareness of good management and waste reduction in Manicouagan will be in the foreground from October 19 to 27 on the occasion of the Quebec Waste Reduction Week (SQRD), which is held on the theme "I can, You can, We must, Together Reduce".   As usual, the Manicouagan Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) will contribute to the theme week. This year, it will take the form of two days of activities offered to the population.   Considered as a unique model of reduction, reuse and recovery both in the immediate region and throughout Québec, through its Phase 2 re-use store, the RGMRM will open the doors of its ecocentre on October 25 to a guided tour that will start on the stroke of 10 am.   This visit will include the transfer center where the recycled materials are compacted and the workshop where a second life is given to certain objects. As places are limited, you must book.   "The goal is to raise awareness about good consumption habits and raise awareness about the cycle of the object, which too often is directed too early to burial," said the organization in a statement.   Zero waste   In addition, the Phase 2 re-use store will be distributing zero-waste samples free of charge on October 22, a way for it to promote its Zero Waste section and its suppliers, including some of the Manicouagan such as Cadelli beauty products. natural and artisanal.   Three local companies are also becoming ambassadors for the cause by launching the first TerraCycle Zero Waste Boxes. Tim Hortons, Provigo and the Côté Goulet Lamarche Dental Clinic are providing the citizens with boxes to collect what can not go in the blue bin. These include coffee pouches, baby food bags and toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes and dental floss containers.   Other initiatives are included in the programming of the Quebec Week for Waste Reduction. Cynthia Lebel, owner of Cadelli, a zero-waste company, will offer visitors free coffee and a demonstration of soap making with coffee residue from October 22-25 in the afternoon.   Serge-Bouchard High School, an institution recognized for its achievements in the management of residual materials, will send students to the re-employment store at 1:30 pm on October 22 to inform and educate visitors about good recycling and composting practices using a quiz. Prizes will be at stake.   Finally representatives of the project MAVIE will also be on hand at the same time to address a section of the circular economy with the manufacture of biscuits for dogs that they make from the recovery of the drought resulting from the manufacturing activities of beer from the microbrewery St-Pancrace. A box for recovering baby food bags is available at Provigo. We can see here his director, Luc Thibault, director at Provigo.