The Beauséjour Dental Health Center in Rouyn-Noranda has recently made it possible for the population to contribute to the protection of the environment by recycling objects that usually could not be recycled.

  On January 13, a tall green and beige box stamped "Recycle - Oral Care Waste" appeared in the center. People who wish can deposit the tubes and the toothpaste plugs, the toothbrushes, their outer packaging as well as the floss containers.   Do it differently   “The box comes from Terracycle. This private company focuses on recycling products that can be, but are not because of too high costs. As you have to pay a certain amount of money to get the box, the funds collected by Terracycle are devoted to recycling methods different from what is commonly used for, for example, cardboard, aluminum and plastic ”, explained France Beauséjour, owner of the Beauséjour dental health center.   The handles of toothbrushes or nylon bristles, for example, can thus be recycled to create other products. "There are notably reusable containers or other dental care products," said Beauséjour.   First out of conviction   "The idea came to us from an Ontario clinic that we knew and that had started to do," said France Beauséjour. So we got informed. Yes, we have to pay to get the box, but there is a label to return it to Terracycle when it is filled. We do this out of conviction. ”   Moreover, the collection box is not reserved only for customers of the Beauséjour Dental Health Center. "Anyone can come and bring us their used oral care items," said Ms. Beauséjour. It's our way of doing our part for the environment. ”