December 31, 2025
2025 year-end review: a rapidly expanding Consignaction network driven by citizen participation
Press Room
Media representatives wishing to communicate
with Consignaction can contact:
Elisabeth Larocque
514-652-6887
[email protected]
Press releases
December 4, 2025
QBCRA $207 million agreement to drive forward the modernization of deposit-refund systems deposit-refund Quebec
November 20, 2025
QBCRA responds to unionization efforts at some of its return sites
September 02, 2025
deposit-refund modernization: six months after enlargement, public support is confirmed
Where to return
January 19, 2026
Consignaction: Opening of a return site in Rivière-du-Loup (Lower St. Lawrence)
January 12, 2026
Consignaction: Opening of a return site in Saguenay (Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean)
January 12, 2026
Consignaction: Opening of aConsignaction+ return site Consignaction+ Saint-Jérôme (Laurentides)
January 5, 2026
Consignaction: Opening of a return site in Sainte-Julie (Montérégie)
Information documents
- Video presentation of return sites (in French only)
- Informative Video: The Long Life of a Can (French only)
- Diagram – Simplified recycling chain for redeemable beverage containers
- Fact sheet 1 - Key stages in the modernization of deposit-refund in Quebec
- Fact sheet 2 - Phases 1 and 2 - Targeted and non-targeted containers
- Fact sheet 3 - Phases 1 and 2 - Amount of the deposit on redeemable beverage containers
- Fact sheet 4 - Description and features of Consignaction return sites
- Fact sheet 5 - Services, equipment and technologies
- Fact sheet 6 - Grouping of retailers
Useful links
The deposit-refund system modernization
Official Gazette of Quebec
Visual bank
Logos
Pictures: Deposit-refund system
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The deposit-refund system(general, plastic, glass and aluminum)
downloadThe deposit-refund system - Display
downloadVisuals of plastic containers
