Several companies having chosen Chambly as a welcoming land act as an example in terms of eco-responsibility, a qualifier in vogue in this era.   With the trend green, Chambly is home to companies that are taking concrete steps to reduce their ecological footprint. Some follow suit, others are more resistant to change.  

Green Pages

The Green Pages describe the word eco-responsible as follows: “An eco-responsible person or company is defined by behavior or activity that respects the environment, but also the social and economic universe of its environment. A responsible person reflects and weighs the consequences of their actions with a view to harmonizing them with the whole in which they participate, in particular so as to reduce their ecological footprint. "   They bring together eco-responsible companies in a single directory, facilitating sustainable consumption and equipping the population for an ecological transition. We can also find on them the Quebec Responsible Consumption Barometer. The Green Pages assess, according to several distinct criteria, companies like Kanaille.  

Kanaille

Patricia Tardif is the owner of the Kanaille boutique, a thrift store for children and maternity giving a second life to children's clothes, toys and articles.   “We are now operating without labels. Aiming for zero waste, we take pins that we collect. We invite people to sell their equipment with us, stretching the longevity of a product. We have a 77% rating on the Green Pages, which help us find solutions to improve ourselves. Through my actions, I encompass the three Rs: recycle, recover and reuse ”, describes Ms. Tardif.  

Ms. & Co

Anna-Gina Bazinet is the owner of Mme & Co, a trade distributor of reusable products, for example, sanitary napkins, diapers, etc. Unlike Patricia Tardif, she rather talks about the three E's:   "Ecology, environment and equity. We fight against disposable items, this is our basis. In our notable actions, we will announce shortly that we will be part of the program put forward by TerraCycle in which we recover all razors which are not recoverable due to cutting blades. We are now skilled, we are officially a drop-off point. Once the box is full, we return it to TerraCycle, which knows how to reuse the equipment wisely, ”says Ms. Bazinet.   Ms. Bazinet took the test on the Green Pages and is waiting for her rating.  

bokal

Valérie Sirois is the owner of Bokal which is, among other things, a grocery store helping to reduce food waste and overpackaging.   “Waste and packaging are global scourges. We invite people to reuse their containers. People tend to think that a single person has no impact. This is completely untrue. The more, individually, we change our habits, the more big companies will have to bend and adapt their ways of doing things.   I opened the Bokal because I was tanned food processing multinationals that sell us the crap CARDBOARD REINFORCEMENT, the imposed weight of imposed prices, disguised price increases. By opening this type of business, I have an impact on more people with my practices, because they adopt our policies, ”advises Ms. Sirois with conviction.   “For a trader, it is easy to go into plastic and not eco-responsible. It's cheaper, but everyone has to change their mothering style. We must already think of packaging other than disposable. These are the companies that will later become the leaders. The others, who have not followed suit, in my opinion, will lose feathers.   When I opened in 2016, nobody understood what I wanted to do. Four years later, we talk about it everywhere on the news or between us. The normal individual, now, is no longer the one who doesn't care. In general, people want to make a difference and know how to do it, ”added the one who settled in Chambly last July.  

Zero waste

The three companies contacted agree that "zero waste" is practically impossible, but the expression means that we are tending towards an approach of maximum reduction of waste leading to review our ways of consuming.