Les Industries Gould will manufacture Canadian Tire's private-label garbage bags for at least four years, producing them at its Anjou plant in Montreal and hiring at least 10 new workers.

Montreal plastics maker Les Industries Gould signed a strategic partnership with Home Depot Canada to supply contractor bags, creating, retaining and consolidating 88 jobs at its Montreal plant. The deal includes new production lines and about 3 million additional pounds of recycled plastic processed annually.

Nova Circular Solutions, a unit of Nova Chemicals, signed a long-term agreement to supply Winpak with post-consumer recycled polyethylene (rPE) under the Syndigo brand for flexible packaging.

Montreal manufacturer Industries Gould won a contract to supply Metro's Selection private-label garbage, recycling and compost bags, about 4.5 million kg a year, after a tender.

Quebec injection molder IPL Inc. won a $13 million contract to manufacture about 325,000 rolling green bins for Calgary's new composting program. The city announced the program on April 20, 2017.