<p><strong>Montreal, QC</strong><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Metro is continuing with its green commitment with its participation in a new pilot program. The company has announced that 22 of its Metro and Super C stores will take part in a pilot project that involves the collection of the stores' compostable organic waste. An average of 760 kg of waste per store from produce that can’t be sold, processing waste from sliced fruit or prepared meals, as well as unsold bakery products, over the next six months, will be steered away from waste disposal sites each week. The waste will instead be sent to compost sites in Montreal and in Quebec City.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Sanimax, a Quebec company, is the partner selected for the collection and transportation of organic waste from participating supermarkets. This pilot project is one of many initiatives that will help Metro achieve its goal of reducing waste disposal by 25% by 2016. The goal was stated in Metro's Corporate Responsibility Report published last April, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Marie-Claude Bacon, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs Department, Metro Inc., stated, “Respect for the Environment is one of the four pillars of our Corporate Responsibility approach. This project goes along with Metro’s other initiatives intended to manage our waste more effectively. The results of the pilot project will allow us to assess if we can expand the project on a larger scale in our network."</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.metro.ca/corpo/profil-corpo/alimentaire.en.html#metro" target="_new"> Metro </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
