Recycling

Recycling bins must be placed in the street, before 7 a.m. on Tuesday, or after 8 p.m. the night before.

Recycling bins must be positioned so that the wheels and handle face your property and the recycling logo faces the street. The Town provides one recycling bin to each residence free of charge. The bins belong to the Town and must remain on the property if you move.

You have a great amount of recycling wastes to dispose? Contact Public Works 514 457-2877.

It is important to keep free space of at least 60 cm (2 feet) between the blue recycling bin and the brown organic materials bin when you put out the 2 bins at the same time.

To notify the Town of a damaged bin, please contact the Public Works at 514 457-2877.

To follow the path of Recycling Waste transportation management to its treatment site, consult the map. 

What goes into the bin?

PAPER AND CARDBOARD

  • 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.

PLASTICS

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.

GLASS

  • 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.

METAL

  • 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.

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