Saint-Lazare (Québec), September 14, 2009
Ville de Saint-Lazare was recently awarded an important $10,000 grant
from the Fonds Écomunicipalité IGA and le Jour de la Terre allowing the
Town to offer 40 free domestic composters to Saint-Lazare residents who
register on the next French backyard composting training session held on
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Community Centre
(1301 Rue du Bois). Each composter is worth $140. Please note, a proof of
residence will be required to claim the composter and only one will be
allowed per address. They will be distributed on a first registered
first served basis. You must assist to the training session to receive it.
Those interested may register by calling 450 424-8000 ext. 242 prior to
4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2009. Leave a message with the
reason of your call (i.e. registration for the compost session) your
full name, telephone number and address. Your eligibility to a composter
will be confirmed to you by phone no later than 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
September 23, 2009.
Let’s recall that on April 8, 2009, the IGA merchants announced their
intent to renew the $1,000,000 Fonds Écomunicipalité IGA to fund
environmental initiatives. Managed by Jour de la Terre Québec, the fund
allowed financing more than one hundred environmental projects in all
administrative regions of Quebec, thanks to savings generated by the use
of reusable bags by consumers who serve to finance these projects. The
grant provided by the Fonds Écomunicipalité IGA and le Jour de la Terre
will have allowed the Town to distribute a total of 55 free composters.
