One (1) collection per week on:

• Mondays for the Eastern sector (in yellow)
  
• Thursdays for the Western sector (in blue)
• Collection dates vary depending on the sector in which your property is located (east or west)
  
• View the calendar

To know your sector, see the sector collection map. 
* Roads and arteries that delineate the sectors are considered part of the Eastern sector: Rue du Bordelais, Place de l’Harmonie, Place du Chantelys, Croissant de Neufchatel and Montée Saint Robert.

• Liquid foods (liquid food in small quantities that can be absorbed by other waste)
• Cold ashes (extinguished 7 days prior) (cigarette ashes are not accepted)
• Hair, fur, feathers (all)
• Fruits and vegetables (rotten, cooked or raw)
• Cakes, snack foods, sweets (cakes, candies, sweets, and confectionary products, chips, etc., with the exception of chewing gum).
• Oils, fats (vegetable oil, mayonnaise, salad dressing, etc.)
• Paper, cardboard, sanitary paper products (soiled or not, no staples or other metal, no plastic containers, unwaxed, and that has not been in contact with chemical products (cleaning products, motor oil, paint, etc.)
  • Paper plates
  • Popsicle sticks or toothpicks
  • Pizza boxes
  • Coffee filters and coffee grounds (filtered grounds, ground coffee)
  • Paper towel
  • Facial tissue (Kleenex^®)
  • Tea bags (no staples)
  • Paper wrappers
  • Paper bags, lined with compostable cellulose film or not
  • Napkins
• Dairy products and grains (cereal, grains, bread, pasta, rice, bagels, flour, sugar, milk, yogurt, cheese, etc.)
• Meat, fish and substitutes (meat, fish, poultry, seafood, including shells but not sea shells), egg shells, tofu, bones, nuts, scales)

New:
Garden waste and other waste

• Dead leaves
• Grass
• Cut weeds and grass
• Flowers
• Plants
• Branches

IMPORTANT:
Plastic bags, even if they are compostable, are prohibited in the brown bins.

+ Visit the sorting centre’s Web site to learn more!

• Animals and animal excrement
• Wood
• Synthetic fibres as well as non-compliant paper and cardboard
  • With staples, plastic content, or waxed
    
  • Corks
    
  • Items contaminated with chemicals (cleaning products, motor oil, paint, etc.)
    
  • Diapers, sanitary pads and tampons
    
  • Cotton swabs
    
  • Dryer lint and dryer sheets
    
  • Wet wipes
    
  • Composite materials (multi-layered with cardboard, aluminum and plastic inside (e.g.: Tetra Pak®)
    
  • Construction waste
    
  • Vacuum bags and their contents
    
  • Dental floss
    
  • Makeup remover pads

• Recyclable materials (except paper and cardboard used to wrap food)
• Medication and biomedical waste
• Metal
• Cigarette butts
• Compostable plastic and plastic bags
• Hazardous household waste
• Rock, gravel, stones, sand, soil, potting soil
• Styrofoam
• Glass (although it seems obvious that glass does not go into the brown bin, glass is one of the biggest problems for composting centres since it is impossible to remove small fragments of glass from mature compost).
• Any other material not intended for human or animal consumption.

+ Visit the sorting centre’s Web site to learn more!

• No later than 7 a.m. on the day of collection or starting at 7 p.m. the evening before collection day
• Only accepted materials can be placed in the bin
• One 80-litre brown bin (or larger capacity based on the type and number of units) provided by the Town
• Make sure the handle is unlocked on collection day
  (keep in mind that collection is automated – collection workers will not get down from the truck to check it)
  

Position:

• Cover CLOSED
• Handle and wheels must be facing your home
• Clearing of 2 feet (or 0.61 m) around the bin to accommodate the mechanical arm
• Place in your private entrance (no bins should be placed on sidewalks and/or bike paths)
• Left side when facing your home
• 5 feet (1.5 m) from the street 

This position will prevent the bin from being overturned by snow-removal trucks. Your bin will lean up against the snow bank):

If bin-collection workers notice non-compliant items in a brown bin (using a camera), they are instructed to not empty it.