Quebec-based company Station Lave-Glace has converted some of its windshield washer fluid pumps to dispense disinfectant amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Two self-serve pumps have been put into operation on Montreal’s south shore. The dispensers, originally made to produce jug-free windshield washer fluid, now provide a 70 per cent alcohol-based disinfectant.
One has been installed outside an IGA grocery store in the town of Chambly. The second is located outside Station Lave-Glace’s office in Saint-Bruno.
At a cost of $2.00 for 100 millilitres, customers can fill up their reusable containers with the liquid sanitizer. “It works exactly like a fuel pump — there is not much difference,” said Pierre Néron, Cristal Innovation president and