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Fondation Rivières and Daniel Green, from the Société Pour Vaincre la Pollution (SVP), are preparing a report on water quality in Quebec. We need your information. Several citizens in agricultural areas discovered by chance that the Ministry of the Environment (MDDEP) had issued authorizations to spread sludge from sewage treatment plants and paper mills in their sector. Today, around 1 million tonnes of this waste, adorably nicknamed fertilizing residual materials or MRF by governments, are spread each year on agricultural lands in Quebec. Some municipalities, for example in Elgin, are currently before the courts to ban the spreading of MRFs. Generally, sludge is stored by a company in silos or natural ponds, called lagoons, before being spread.
Here is what you need to do to check if you are receiving sludge from factories or paper mills:
1. Inform your elected officials and your councilors if there are sludge authorization certificates in the territory of your municipality.
2. Visit the site of the MDDEP in your region in the public register in an industrial environment to check whether certificates have been issued. DON'T BE TRUSTED. They may exist even if they are not registered in the official register.
3. Contact Fondation Rivières.
We thank you in advance,
The Fondation Rivières team
Photo credit: Matt Hardy – Unsplash
