Zero Waste
Guidelines
Actionable strategies to integrate reusables and other eco-responsible principles in the food retail sector.
A collaboration towards zero waste
The “Guide to best practices in food, health and safety for the handling of containers and other reusable items" [Second Edition], is a publication by Incita • Coop-conseil zéro déchet, working in collaboration Équiterre, La vague, Net Impact Montréal, Association québécoise Zéro Déchet (AQZD), Montréal - Métropole en Santé, Circuit Zéro Déchet and la Direction régionale de la santé publique de Montréal. The guidelines were translated to English by Net Impact Montréal.
A guide for all
The guide provides easy steps and procedures that both retailers and consumers can adopt to use reusables in a safe and hygienic manner, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Act now - dust off those reusable containers and put them back to work!
The Roundtable for Waste Reduction
This publication was produced by the members of the Roundtable for Waste Reduction (La table de concertation sur la réduction à la source), a working group focused on cementing the zero waste movement across all stakeholders in Montréal.
Click here to download the guidelines in French.