Details

Before you go

• View the map to find the ecocentre nearest you.
• See the waiting time (in French).
• Check the type and length of accepted vehicles.
• Sort your items in the trunk of your car: you will have to sort them out on site.
• Prepare the documents you will have to show.
• If you’re bringing heavy items (TV, fridge, etc.), please bring someone with you. Employees cannot help with unloading.

Once on site

• For your own safety, we recommend you wear safety glasses, closed shoes and work gloves when sorting and unloading your materials.
• Follow all instructions and signage.

Acceptable materials

• Wood: planks and pieces of wood, natural Christmas trees (undecorated), etc.
• Branches and logs: Branches more than 1 m long or more than 5 cm in diameter: As long as you can unload them and carry them yourself, without machinery.
• Construction, renovation and demolition debris: metal, asphalt shingles, gypsum board, etc.
• Electrical appliances: washing machines, clothes dryers, toasters, etc.
• Refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, wine cellar/fridge: Only empty residential appliances are accepted. Please handle these with care to avoid halocarbon gas leaks, (highly toxic to the environment).
• Electronics: TV screens, computers, telephones, etc. (Non-functioning discs, CDs, DVDs and VHS are also accepted but are not recycled).
• Engine oil: leak-proof and closed container of 20 litres maximum
• Fire extinguishers
• Gas-powered car batteries
• Green waste
• Hazardous household waste
• Mattresses and box springs
• Recyclable materials: paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, metal
• Unusable tires that have only been used for residential purposes (eight max. per day)
• Upholstered furniture: sofas, armchairs, chairs.
• Sand or soil (uncontaminated)
• Clothing that is still in good condition
• Used election posters: Please contact a waste recovery operator

Unacceptable materials

Any material not listed as acceptable, and in particular:

• Asbestos: contact an engineered landfill site (dumping site)
• Biomedical waste: consult a health professional or a CSSS (Centre de santé et de services sociaux)
• Compressed gas cylinders other than propane (insulating foam, welding gas, helium, CO₂ cylinders, etc.): contact a specialized business
• Contaminated earth: contact a specialized company
• Electric vehicle batteries: Take them to a car dealership
• Food waste: use a brown bin or a compost site
• Household waste: use the domestic pickup
• Medication: take it to a pharmacy
• Old clothing that can no longer be worn
• Pyrotechnics (fireworks and flares), ammunition and firearms: contact your local police station to make an appointment
• Smoke alarms: throw them away with your household garbage
• Stripped cars or motor vehicles such as lawnmowers or all-terrain vehicles: Visit a scrap dealer

Fees

Non-taxable

Construction, renovation and demolition (CRD) waste

• Up to 12 cubic metres per year: free
• Beyond that amount: $29 for each extra cubic metre

Other materials

• Free, but volume may be limited

Use of public weight scale

• $14.50

Number of visits

No more than 15 visits per year for construction material.

Exception: Unlimited visits to the LaSalle and Saint-Laurent ecocentres are permitted.

By phone

• By-law concerning the use of ecocentre services