The City of Montreal confirmed Friday the termination of its contract with the company Ricova, previously responsible for the management of recyclable materials at the Lachine sorting center.
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The city’s executive committee adopted a resolution on the subject on Friday morning. The termination will be effective no later than November 14.
“We know that materials have been accumulating for several weeks at the Lachine sorting center. Faced with the serious and imminent risk of a shutdown of the sorting center’s activities, the City acted quickly to resolve the situation,” said Marie-Andrée Mauger, head of ecological transition and the environment within the executive committee. .
She also indicated that discussions are ongoing with the company on the terms of the transition of operations. The company Société VIA will take up the torch, since the sorting center for recyclable materials in Lachine is owned by the city.
“VIA Corporation will participate in the creation of new adapted jobs in the Montreal region. For us, two priorities remain: bringing our social mission to life, while ensuring optimal and efficient sorting of recyclable materials,” said Jean-Sébastien Daigle, President and CEO of Société VIA.
A non-profit social economy and integration organization, Société Via promotes the hiring of people with functional limitations.
On Wednesday, TVA Nouvelles reported that a threat of service failure threatened the Lachine sorting center, and that the City had begun the process to terminate the contract.
Last June, Ricova was blacklisted by the City, making her ineligible for any new contracts, after being singled out by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). A decision that the company brought to court and which is still awaiting a judgment.
These are not the first controversies that affect the company, which accumulates disputes with the municipalities of Quebec.