Collection bin models

Last updated July 11, 2023

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Green bins and brown bins. Small bins and large bins. Learn more about bin types and models with this breakdown of recycling bins and food waste bins featuring details and descriptions.

The bins described below are not available in all boroughs.

Recycling bins

Recycling bins are used for recyclables.
If your bin goes missing, you can request a new one: Request a recycling bin.
If your bin is broken, you can have it repaired: Get a recycling bin repaired.

Small bins

67-litre Montréal bin

67-litre grey and green bin, for recyclables

Ville de Montréal

Height: 61.1 cm (24 in)

Width: 40.1 cm (15.8 in)

Depth: 59.3 cm (23 in)

No wheels

Large bins

Large bins are green most of the time. In some boroughs, large recycling bins are blue.

120-litre wheeled bin

Green recycling wheeled bin, 240-litre capacity

Ville de Montréal

Height: 97.8 cm (38.5 in)

Width: 58.5 cm (23 in)

Depth: 55.8 cm (22 in)

Wheel diameter: 20.3 cm (8 in)

This bin is only distributed in Saint-Laurent.

240-litre wheeled bin

Ville de Montréal

Height: 109.9 cm (43 in)

Width: 62.2 cm (24.5 in)

Depth: 69.9 cm (27.5 in)

Wheel diameter: 25.4 cm (10 in

360-litre wheeled bin

Green recycling wheeled bin, 360-litre capacity

Ville de Montréal

Height: 113 cm (44.5 in)

Width: 63.8 cm (25 in)

Depth: 87.3 cm (34.3 in)

Wheel diameter: 30.5 cm (12 in)

Brown bins

These bins are used to collect food waste.

This collection is called the organic waste collection in four boroughs: Lachine, L’Île-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève, Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Saint-Laurent.

If your bin goes missing, you can request a new one: Request a brown bin.
If your bin is broken, you can have it repaired: Get a brown bin repaired.