Collection schedule

To find out when you should put out organic waste for pickup, visit Info-Collectes.

Compost distribution

Part of the compost produced is distributed free of charge to residents once a year, in May.

Acceptable materials in the brown bin

See the list

Green waste

You can also add the following material in your brown bin:

• Dead leaves
• Debris from stubble plowing
• Debris from fruit and vegetable gardening
• Debris from pruning, branches, twig chips
• Evergreen (including hedges and cedar) and deciduous tree branches with a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 in) fastened with fiber rope in 1 m (3.3 ft) bundles with a maximum diameter of 50 cm (20 in) or placed in acceptable containers
• Garden waste
• Lawn clippings 

Acceptable containers

• 47-litre brown bin
• 80-litre brown bin
• 120-litre brown bin
• 240-litre brown bin
• Compostable paper bags or compostable plastic bags certified by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the Québec standards organization (please check the logo on the bag), placed inside your brown bin
• For excess green waste: Use paper bags, cardboard boxes or rigid containers, placed to the side

Overview of applicable by-laws.

• By-law concerning collection services

To find out when to put out your brown bin, visit Info-Collectes.

Restaurants and food waste 

If you manage or own a restaurant, you must hire a company specializing in the collection of food waste if the volume produced is over 720 litres per week, since the city’s collection service is limited that specific volume per week per address. 

You must also obtain a permit in order to place your food waste container on public property.

Acceptable materials in the brown bin

See the list

Green waste

You can also add the following material in your brown bin:

• Evergreen (including hedges and cedar) and deciduous tree branches with a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 in) not fastened in 1 m (3.3 ft) long bundles with a maximum diameter of 50 cm (20 in) and a maximum weight of 25 kg
• Dead leaves
• Debris from stubble plowing
• Debris from fruit and vegetable gardening
• Garden waste
• Lawn clippings

For excess green waste: Use paper bags, cardboard boxes or rigid containers, placed to the side.

Collection schedule

Buildings of 8 or fewer dwellings

To find out when you should put out organic waste for pickup, visit Info-Collectes.

Buildings of 9 or more dwellings

The organic waste collection is not offered to residents of these buildings. However, organic waste is accepted as part of the household waste collection (table scraps) and green waste collection (plants).

Compost distribution

Part of the compost produced is offered free of charge to residents once a year, in spring. See the montreal.ca news section to learn more.

Acceptable materials in the brown bin

See the list

Green waste

You can also add the following material in your brown bin:

• Evergreen (including hedges and cedar) and deciduous tree branches with a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 in) not fastened in 1 m (3.3 ft) long bundles with a maximum diameter of 50 cm (20 in) and a maximum weight of 25 kg
• Dead leaves
• Debris from stubble plowing
• Debris from fruit and vegetable gardening
• Debris from pruning, branches, twig chips
• Garden waste
• Lawn clippings

Acceptable containers

• 80-litre brown bin
• 120-litre brown bin
• 240-litre brown bin
• 720-litre brown bin (industrial and commercial facilities only)
• Compostable paper bags or compostable plastic bags certified by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the Québec standards organization (please check the logo on the bag), placed inside your brown bin
• For excess green waste: Use paper bags, cardboard boxes or rigid containers, placed to the side

Overview of applicable by-laws.

• By-law concerning collection services

Collection schedule

To find out when you should put out organic waste for pickup, visit Info-Collectes.

All categories of dwellings, schools, organizations, businesses and companies have access to the collection.

Large size branches

For large size branches and trunks, Pierrefonds-Roxboro conducts 2 door-to-door collections per year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

Compost distribution

Part of the compost produced is distributed free of charge to residents once a year during the Gardening Day in the springtime.

Acceptable materials in the brown bin

See the list

Green waste

You can also add the following material in your brown bin:

• Dead leaves
• Debris from stubble plowing
• Debris from fruit and vegetable gardening
• Debris from pruning, branches, twig chips
• Evergreen (including hedges and cedar) and deciduous tree branches with a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 in) fastened with fiber rope in 1 m (3.3 ft) bundles with a maximum diameter of 50 cm (20 in) or placed in acceptable containers
• Garden waste
• Lawn clippings 

Acceptable containers

• 80-litre brown bin
• 120-litre brown bin
• 240-litre brown bin
• 720-litre brown bin (industrial and commercial facilities only)
• Compostable paper bags or compostable plastic bags certified by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the Québec standards organization (please check the logo on the bag), placed inside your brown bin

For excess green waste: Use paper bags, cardboard boxes or rigid containers, placed to the side

You can exchange your bin for one in a different size by contacting the Pierrefonds-Roxboro éco-quartier.

Overview of applicable by-laws.

• By-law concerning collection services

Collection schedule

Buildings of 8 or fewer dwellings

To find out when you should put out organic waste for pickup, visit Info-Collectes.

Buildings of 9 or more dwellings

Buildings with nine to twenty dwellings have food waste collection.

The rollout is being extended to all buildings with more than 20 units until 2025. Even if you have not yet received your brown bin, you can put your green waste in compostable paper bags on the organic material collection day listed for your address in Info-Collectes.

However, please continue to put your table scraps in your regular garbage can.

Compost distribution

Part of the compost produced is distributed free of charge to residents twice a year, in spring and fall. See the montreal.ca news section to learn more.

Acceptable materials in the brown bin

See the list

Green waste

You can also add the following material in your brown bin:

• Dead leaves
• Debris from stubble plowing
• Debris from fruit and vegetable gardening
• Debris from pruning, branches, twig chips
• Evergreen (including hedges and cedar) and deciduous tree branches with a maximum diameter of 5 cm (2 in) fastened with fiber rope in 1 m (3.3 ft) bundles with a maximum diameter of 50 cm (20 in) or placed in acceptable containers
• Garden waste
• Lawn clippings 

Acceptable containers

• 80-litre brown bin
• 120-litre brown bin
• 240-litre brown bin
• 720-litre brown bin (industrial and commercial facilities only)
• Compostable paper bags or compostable plastic bags certified by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec, the Québec standards organization (please check the logo on the bag), placed inside your brown bin
• For excess green waste: Use paper bags, cardboard boxes or rigid containers, placed to the side

Overview of applicable by-laws.

• By-law concerning collection services