Société d’Économie mixte de l’est de la Couronne Sud Inc. (SÉMECS) is a public-private corporation established in 2012 under the Quebec Business Corporations Act. SÉMECS includes the consortium of the three public Regional County Municipalities (RCM’s) in the eastern Couronne Sud area of Greater Montreal and private partner Biogaz EG Inc.
SÉMECS was established to be responsible for treating organic materials recovered in the RCM’s of Marguerite-D’Youville, La Vallée-du-Richelieu and Rouville and will design, build, operate, and maintain a biomethanization facility located in Varennes, Quebec. The three RCM’s, representing 27 municipalities totalling more than 235,000 people, have joined together to achieve the mandated Quebec Provincial government’s waste management policy objectives. The RCM’s will implement new diversion programs to curbside collect household separated organic materials, which represents over 40% of the community organics recovery and diversion opportunity.
