Abitibi Establishes Partnership with Houston, Local Grocer

Abitibi-Consolidated will be holding a press conference on Oct. 9 to introduce a new partnership program between Abitibi-Consolidated, the city of Houston, and H-E-B, a Texas-based grocery store chain. Through the program the papermaker will place 84 containers at 28 H-E-B stores in the Greater Houston region.

Through the partnership, the first of its kind for Abitibi-Consolidated, the company will place its containers at the grocery stores for the collection of paper, plastic, aluminum and metals.

Abitibi-Consolidated will collect and weigh the recycled materials and directly pay the local affiliates of Keep Texas Beautiful based on the company’s per weight pay scale.

"Abitibi-Consolidated is dedicated to making recycling a part of everyone’s daily routine," said Sylvian Yves-Longval, Abitibi-Consolidated Recycling’s Division VP. "By offering collection containers at participating H-E-B store locations, we are providing an easy and convenient option for citizens in the Greater Houston region to drop off their recyclables."

Abitibi-Consolidated has been involved in Houston’s recycling program since 1992 when it started an exclusive agreement to sort, process and recycle materials collected from residents via the City’s curbside recycling program.

Materials collected from recycling containers will be taken to Abitibi-Consolidated’s Houston-based materials recovery facility for sorting, processing and end-user markets.