Thrive to do better - Web Series
The web series Thrive to do better is an incursion into the Soleno universe with the objective of understanding the challenges and issues of recycling in Canada as well as the solutions implemented by the company to offer a second life to post-consumer plastics.
Throughout the 5-episode series, you will travel from the recycling bin, to the implementation of solutions in the field, to the revalorization of plastic and the innovation pole.
Discover the behind-the-scenes of a Canadian company that recycles and transforms more than 150,000,000 plastic containers into essential and sustainable products every year.
Canadian Ecoleader
Now with more than 10 plants and distribution centres across Quebec, Ontario and the Atlantic provinces, Soleno has quickly established itself as one of the largest plastic recyclers in eastern Canada.
Faced with increasingly important environmental issues, we have chosen to manage our resources responsibly to contribute to the development of future generations.
This corporate priority has led us to make decisions and take concrete action in recent years, particularly in the areas of recycling and industrial symbiosis, in order to reduce our consumption at the source.
Wherever the standard allows, we use recycled plastic from recycling bins to manufacture our pipes.
Discover SolenoOur environmental commitments
Innovation Pole
Circular economie
Sustainable development and certification
Recovery of oil-contaminated plastics
Waste plastic recovery plant
Mobilizing know-how to recover residual plastic materials.
The Soleno innovation Pole was created in 2019 with the objective of attracting and federating multidisciplinary expertise in order to find sustainable solutions to the problem of recycling residual plastic materials that threaten the environment, particularly through research on the possible reuse of plastics destined for landfill sites.
Today, the pole includes a world-class laboratory that combines the expertise of private, government and academic partners. In collaboration with these partners, the cluster aims to integrate the training and supervision of highly qualified workers in the plastics industry.
A fully integrated Canadian model that tranform the equivalent of over 150 million domestic plastic containers annually.
Once deposited in the bin, the containers are recycled into recycled plastic before being integrated into the manufacturing process of products dedicated to stormwater management.
These products are then distributed and installed under our fields, roads and infrastructures throughout Eastern Canada and will have a second life of over 100 years.
Sustainable development and certification
Together, we have chosen to manage our resources in a responsible manner to contribute to the development of future generations. Every day, we work hard to ensure the sound management of our resources, whether human, financial or material. Sustainable development is based on a long-term vision that takes into account the inseparable nature of the environmental, social and economic dimensions of development activities.
By putting forward this mission, Soleno has obtained its ECORESPONSIBLE Certification – level 2. Performance in sustainable development of the Sustainable Industries Council’s (SIC) ECORESPONSABLE Program for our main plant located at 1160, route 133, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.
Recovery of oil-contaminated plastics
The only company in Eastern Canada able to recover oil-contaminated plastics and hazardous products in a fully integrated manner, while ensuring exemplary traceability from the beginning to the end of their life cycles.
In addition to offering a sustainable solution to companies needing to dispose of their oil-contaminated plastics, Soleno offers a second life to these materials by integrating them into its manufacturing process for high-density polyethylene pipes for storm water management, which will have a lifespan of over 100 years.
Turning post-consumer plastic packaging into sustainable products.
This new plant now makes it possible to transform post-consumer and post-industrial plastic films and packaging, largely destined for landfill, into a quality resin that will then be integrated into our industrial processes.
Compared to other conventional pellet resin manufacturing equipment, the technological process consumes up to 50% less energy than a traditional process. These processes operate dry and without the use of wash water, so there is no water consumption or waste water discharge.
In the longer term, this new residual plastics recovery plant will allow us to explore new avenues and promote research to create new outlets.
The Story of Plastic Recycling at Soleno
Germain and Roger Lazure found Soleno
1977
Marcel Poirier’s family acquired control of SPD, a manufacturer of drainage products.
1982
When Soleno and SPD merged, Alain Poirier was appointed president.
1989
Germain and Roger Lazure transferred ownership of their shares to the Poirier family.
2010
Soleno launches its new logo and corporate signature: Stormwater Management
2011
Using recycled plastic material
In partnership with a recycling company, Soleno sources high density polyethylene (HDPE) from domestic and industrial use. The material from the process is mainly reused in the solutions manufactured by Soleno.
2014
Soleno confirms its vision for the years to come.
2016
Soleno is officially awarded the ECO-RESPONSIBLE – EcoConceived Product Certification
This program put in place by the Conseil des industries durables (CID), Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ) and RECYC-QUÉBEC aims to recognize a company’s ecodesign approaches in packaging or product development, as well as their environmental attributes.
2018
Inauguration of the Innovation Pole
The Soleno Innovation Pole’s objective is to draw and unite the multidisciplinary expertise to find lasting solutions to the problems surrounding the recycling of residual plastic materials that are threatening the environment.
2019
Launch of the 'Thirst to do Better' web series
It is an incursion into the Soleno universe with the objective of understanding the challenges and challenges of recycling in Canada
2021
Opening of Soleno VPR
Opening of the Soleno residual plastics recycling plant, which aims to transform post-consumer plastic packaging into sustainable products.
2022
