At DeSerres, our mission is to instill the freedom to create into everyday life.
And we want to do it responsibly.

Celebrating one year of eco-responsible creativity!
Hundreds of recycles containers, all thanks to you.
Let’s take a look at our first year

And this is just the beginning !

We created an art material recycling program in partnership with a company that shares our values: Terracycle.

Operating in over 20 countries, Terracycle is an environmentally friendly company that recycles waste that is generally considered non-recyclable, so that it can be transformed and reused. In addition to their recycling programs, a portion of proceeds raised through the participation of companies like DeSerres is then donated to non-profit organizations.

Through this recycling program, which aims to recycle art materials that are considered "non-recyclable", we have recycled more than 2,000 litres of products –that’s over 8,000 250 ml jars of DeSerres acrylic paint in one year!

What happens to your waste?

The waste collected in our stores is mechanically and/or manually separated into metals, fibres and plastics. Metals are melted down so that they can be recycled. Fibres (such as paper and wood products) are recycled or composted. Plastics are processed to be moulded into new, recycled plastic products. Certificates are issued to ensure sound waste management.

Half of our stores are now equipped to collect your empty art containers. Look for our recycling box, bring us your containers, and we will take care of the rest!

By bringing us your empty art containers, you’re contributing to eco-friendly creativity.

Our (re)art stores

Our goal : to market products that are eco-friendly

To encourage sustainable consumption, we decided to implement four selection requirements that help consumers easily identify our eco-friendly products.

We then reviewed our entire online and in-store selection to identify these products—this allowed us to identify more than 300 products!

To be selected, a product must meet at least one of the four criteria:

Find the icon in store or on DeSerres website to shop our most eco-responsible products !

Our actions

In 2019-20, we reviewed our warehouse practices to reduce our environmental impact. Here are the important changes we made:

Packaging is essential to guaranteeing that you receive your orders in the best conditions. That said, we make every effort to have a small ecological footprint.