SORAC

What SORAC does

SORAC is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 2022 and headquartered in Mirabel, Quebec. Its stated mission is to operate a recycling program for commercial and institutional refrigeration and freezing appliances — equipment typically removed from food retail, hospitality, healthcare, and other institutional sites at end-of-life. End-of-life refrigeration handling involves regulated streams including refrigerants (often controlled under ozone-depleting substance and F-gas frameworks), oils, foam insulation, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and electronic components, so the program sits at the intersection of waste stewardship and environmental compliance.

Structurally, SORAC resembles the stewardship-body model commonly used in Canadian extended producer responsibility (EPR) frameworks, where a non-profit entity is designated to manage product end-of-life on behalf of producers or importers. However, the provided source data does not confirm that SORAC holds such a designation under any provincial program (e.g., Quebec's RECYC-QUÉBEC framework), nor does it disclose member companies, program fees, collection volumes, or downstream processing partners. The firm's website (sorac.ca) renders only a loading/verification screen, and all firmographic arrays (management team, headcount, customers, partnerships, certifications, awards, funding) are empty in the supplied data set. Revenue model, pricing mechanics, and go-to-market cannot therefore be verified from the inputs.

The practical scale, governance, and operational mechanics of the program are not discernible from the available material. Any assessment of SORAC's competitive position is constrained by this data gap; the organization is presented as a recently formed non-profit whose public footprint has not yet been substantively populated.

Name

SORAC

Website

https://sorac.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SORAC is a Canadian non-profit, founded in 2022 and based in Mirabel, Quebec, that operates a recycling program for end-of-life commercial and institutional refrigeration and freezing appliances.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Appliance Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Appliance (White Goods) Recycling & Refrigerant Recovery (BPALAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Certified Compliance & Reporting Services (R2/e-Stewards, Audit, ESG) (BPALAIAL)

Keywords

• Appliance recycling services
• Refrigeration recycling program
• Commercial appliance recycling
• Institutional appliance recycling
• Non-profit recycling program

Headquarters

HQ city

Sainte-thérèse

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

SORAC operates a non-profit recycling program that processes end-of-life commercial and institutional refrigeration and freezing appliances. The program serves businesses and institutions in Canada that need to dispose of large cooling equipment in an environmentally responsible manner.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial and Institutional Refrigeration Recycling Program Non-profit recycling program that processes end-of-life commercial and institutional refrigeration and freezing appliances for businesses and institutions in Canada.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• J & J Surplus / J & J Materials: Family-owned US appliance recycling operator (formerly ARCA-affiliated) handling large appliances including refrigeration. Comparable specialized recycler in a different regulatory jurisdiction, with similar end-of-life refrigerant handling workflows.
• Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA): Not-for-profit industry-funded program managing end-of-life electronics and appliances across multiple Canadian provinces. Closely comparable in operating model — non-profit stewardship, regulated materials, Canadian focus — although its appliance scope is broader than SORAC's refrigeration-only positioning.
• Call2Recycle (Circular Materials): Canadian stewardship organization running producer-funded collection and recycling programs for batteries and electronics. Comparable to SORAC in its non-profit stewardship/recycling program model, regulated materials handling, and Canadian orientation.
• GoRecycle: Ontario-based stewardship program that manages end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment, including large household appliances with refrigerant recovery, funded by industry stewards and operating as a non-profit equivalent. Closest direct peer to SORAC in Canadian non-profit appliance recycling.
• Reclaim Resources: US-based firm focused on refrigerant reclamation and recycling from end-of-life HVAC and refrigeration equipment. Direct functional overlap with SORAC on the regulated refrigerant recovery component of commercial appliance recycling.

Regional players

• Recyc-Québec: Quebec's provincial recycling agency responsible for EPR and designated materials programs in the very geography where SORAC is headquartered. Functions as both a potential partner and a comparable stewardship body governing SORAC's underlying end markets.
• Atlantic Canada Electronics Stewardship (ACERS): Non-profit EPR program for electronics and small appliances in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. Comparable non-profit stewardship model focused on regulated end-of-life equipment, similar to SORAC but on a different Canadian region.

Broad incumbents

• Reverse Logistics Group (RLG): Global provider of reverse logistics and EPR services for electronics and appliances, including take-back, collection, and recycling program management. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering the type of stewardship and take-back services SORAC provides to commercial/institutional clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/la-sorac

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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