#BeatPlasticPollution
Circular Economy
Innovation Pole
Residual Plastics Recovery Plant
Sustainable development and certification
Transforming Waste Into Sustainable Solutions
The recycling of residual waste is a pressing societal issue. However, a significant portion of the contents found in industrial and residential waste recycling bins consists of highly durable materials. Once recycled, these materials can be transformed into environmentally friendly products.
At Soleno, we leverage these recycled containers as the raw material for our HDPE pipes. Designed to last over a century, these pipes are aiding in effective stormwater management, reducing the risk of flooding and erosion all around.
By converting plastic waste into valuable infrastructure, we are not only closing the loop but also fostering a more sustainable future.
Pushing Boundaries
At Soleno, we are constantly striving for innovation. Our Innovation Pole is dedicated to pushing boundaries and exploring new solutions for plastic that are currently non-recyclable. By embracing novel technologies and processes, we aim to bring even more plastic back into the circular economy and further reduce the plastic pollution footprint.
Through the Soleno Innovation Pole, we stimulate scientific research to develop technologies that transform previously destined-to-be-buried or exported recyclable plastic materials into environmentally efficient and respectful products.
Our mission isn’t just about making pipes; it’s about finding long-lasting solutions to the challenges surrounding the recycling of residual plastic materials that pose threats to the environment and creating a circular economy.
Transform post-consumer plastic packaging into sustainable products.
In our ongoing efforts to repurpose plastic waste, we have established a state-of-the-art Residual Plastic Recovery Plant. This facility employs advanced technological processes to transform post-consumer and post-industrial plastic films and packaging—most of which would otherwise end up in landfills—into sustainable products.
The plant converts these discarded films and packaging into high-quality resin, which seamlessly integrated into our manufacturing processes. This major technological advancement for the environment in Quebec enables Soleno to recycle more and consume less. The new production line, developed in collaboration with our Innovation Pole, has become an additional source of supply, further strengthening Soleno’s supply chain while minimizing its environmental impact.
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.
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 SolenoThrive to do better
A web series on plastic recycling
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 transforms more than 150,000,000 plastic containers into essential and sustainable products every year.
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
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
