Household waste must not contain recyclable materials (paper, cardboard, glass, metal and certain plastics), nor food waste or green waste if you benefit from the organic waste collection service in your area.

Buildings with 8 units or less
Collection is carried out every two weeks according to the collection day established for each sector. Only the black bins provided by the borough are emptied. No other container (garbage cans or garbage bags) is picked up or emptied. To find out your collection day, consult Info-Collecte.

Buildings with 9 or more units
The frequency of collection depends on the type of container used:

• Wheeled bins provided by Saint-Laurent: Once a week, depending on the sector.
• Metal containers or garbage bags: Twice a week, depending on the sector. To find out your collection day, consult Info-Collecte.

Paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass are the five materials that must be placed in the recycling bin provided by the borough.

Only the green bins provided by the borough are emptied.

Collection is carried out once a week according to the collection day established for each sector. To find out your collection day, consult Info-Collecte.

Organic waste must be placed in the brown bin provided by the borough.

Plastic bags are prohibited, even if they are compostable or biodegradable.

Accepted materials

• Food residues
• Soiled paper and cardboard: paper towels, paper or cardboard soiled by food (e.g .: plates, pizza boxes)
• Green residue including leaves (excess can be placed in paper bags or reusable rigid containers).

Collection is carried out once a week. To find out your collection day, consult Info-Collecte.

Large trash items must be placed in two separate piles according to their type:

• Bulky non-upholstered items : appliances (except those with cooling fluids), furniture, construction, renovation and demolition waste and large cardboard.

Air conditioning and refrigeration appliances are not accepted. Call 311 for apick up.

• Bulky upholstered items (eg: sofas, mattresses, rugs).

Collection is carried out once a month according to the collection day established for each sector. To find out your collection day, consult Info-Collecte.

It is forbidden to place hazardous household waste in the collection bins.

To dispose of it in an ecological way, bring these materials to the Saint-Laurent ecocentre.

Écocentre Saint-Laurent
3535, rue Sartelon
514 872-0384

Accepted materials

• painting
• solvents
• Battery
• motor oil
• car batteries
• pesticides
• aerosols
• cleaners
• fluorescent tubes and compact fluorescent bulbs
• propane cylinders
• tires without rims

Other accepted materials

• used clothes
• computer and electronic equipment (televisions, screens, computers, etc.)

Tree branches and leaves are accepted in the organic waste collection.

For buildings with 9 or more units, a leves and braches collection is available until November 24, according to the recycling collection schedule by sector. 

Important:
Plastic bags are not permitted. Place leaves in paper bags or reusable containers.
Branches must be no longer than one metre and less than 5 cm in diameter, and tied in bundles. Branches larger than 5 cm in diameter must be taken to an ecocentre or collected by a private contractor.