Regular articles

• Residual materials, including large items used in the home, made of wood, metal, plastic or any other recyclable material
• Appliances from which halocarbons have been removed
• Electric appliances of any size (stoves, toasters, microwave ovens, etc.)
• Barbeques (without gas tanks)
• Kitchen cabinets
• Bathtubs, toilets, sinks
• Bookcases
• Filing cabinets
• Non-upholstered furniture made of wood, metal or plastic (tables, chairs, desks, chests of drawers, etc.)
• Baseboard heaters, kitchen range hoods
• Doors, windows, mirror, glazing
• Large carton boxes
• Rigid plastics and packaging plastics
• Hot water tanks
• Pool covers (rolled only)
• Bicycles

Accepted articles: Construction, renovation and demolition debris

Residual materials from residential construction, renovation and demolition:

• Aggregates of brick, mortar, rock remnants, earth, asphalt and concrete
• Asphalt shingles and asphaltic concrete
• Lumber
• Ceramics
• Electric wiring
• Cladding materials
• Ferrous metals (metals containing steel and iron) and non-ferrous metals (aluminum, copper, nickel, zinc, etc.)
• Melamine
• Gypsum board
• Fabric
• Plate glass

• Mattresses and upholstered furniture (such as sofas and armchairs)
• Carpets
• Appliances containing refrigerant gas

• Newspapers, flyers, catalogues, magazines and journals
• Sheets of paper (even with staples) and envelopes
• Cereal boxes, frozen food boxes, detergent boxes, shoeboxes, carton tubes and rolls, etc.
• Flattened cardboard cartons
• File folders
• Paper bags
• Phonebooks
• Milk cartons, juice boxes
• Aseptic boxes (e.g. Tetra-Pak type containers)
• Egg cartons
• Brown paper grocery bags
• Promotional inserts
• Bills

Important:

To avoid contaminating other materials, it is important to not place greasy paper/carton with recyclables. These can be placed in your brown bin for composting.

In addition, the following are not recyclable: wax paper, stickers, wallpaper, photographic paper, metallic wrapping paper, padded envelopes, diapers and objects composed of several materials such as ring binders.

Rigid plastic

• Water, juice, drink bottles, etc.
• Oil and vinegar bottles
• Laundry soap and bleach bottles
• Caps and tops (left on the containers)
• Ice cream and margarine containers; yogourt containers (large size)
• Food containers and packaging (e.g. Peanut butter, mayonnaise jars)
• Containers for berries (except those made of plastic number 6)
• Containers for beauty products, personal hygiene, house cleaning and health product
• Transparent packaging for small electronic devices
• Transparent egg containers
• Containers for ready-to-eat meals (except for those in plastic number 6)

Flexible plastic

• Shopping bags
• Bags for bread, pastries, and other food products (clean and grease-free)
• Wrapping plastic for milk bags, paper towels, toilet paper, etc.

Details

Almost all plastic containers and packaging labelled with numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 can be put in the recycling bin

Tip: To make sorting easier, place all your recyclable bags in one bag (transparent if possible, e.g. a bread bag), and then close it with a knot.

CAREFUL!

All number-6 plastic will be refused.

Containers and packaging not accepted in the bin:

• Styrofoam: coffee cups, trays for meat, fish and vegetables, protective packaging for electronic devices
• Rigid: plastic utensils, trays (blue or black) for mushrooms, containers for single-serving yogurt (careful, yogurt sold in packets of 4 or more are usually not accepted, but small yogurt containers sold separately are generally accepted because they are made from recycled plastic), transparent reclosable containers for pastry (e.g. croissants) mini-containers of milk and cream for coffee, CD and DBD boxes.
• Make sure that any soiled plastic is clean, since soiled items will NOT be recycled and will end up in landfills! Please do your part to reduce the amount of material going into our landfill.

• Wine, juice, bubbly water, etc.
• Oil and vinegar bottles
• Jars for food and other products (for pickles, salsa, sauce, etc.)

Details

Glass containers of all shapes and colors go into the recycling bin, with or without labels. If they are labelled “Consignée Québec”, they must be returned to a retailer.

IMPORTANT
Make sure that any soiled glass is clean and not broken, since soiled items will NOT be recycled and will end up in landfills! Please do your part to reduce the amount of material going into our landfill.

• Cans
• Tops and caps
• Aluminum cans and containers not labelled “Consignée Québec”
• Aluminum plates, containers and foil (even if dirty)

Details

Steel and aluminum containers and packaging go into the recycling bin.

Aerosol containers are not accepted in the recycling bin. You must dispose of them in a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection.

Aluminum cans and containers labelled “Consignée Québec”, must be returned to a retailer.

IMPORTANT
Make sure that any soiled metal is clean, since soiled items will NOT be recycled and will end up in landfills! Please do your part to reduce the amount of material going into our landfill.