Frequently asked questions - Collections and waste management

YES. If your bulky items can still be used, you can give them to charity. Please visit our webpage about reuse organizations, or send an email to collectes-collection@beaconsfield.ca for a list of these organizations.

Please call 514 428-4500 or email collectes-collection@beaconsfield.ca for any questions or information about pick-ups. You can also check the online collection schedule for a list of items that will be accepted and rejected. 

Yes. You can always request a paid special pick-up if you miss a pickup and for CRDs produced by a private contractor. An inspector will come by and estimate the fee ($95 minimum).

Compostable organic materials that are buried in a landfill site (dump) contaminate the water and generate such greenhouse gases as methane (CH4). When properly composted, they return organic matter to the earth without giving off leachates or methane.

Such units are prohibited in Montréal because the water treatment system is not designed to cope with the waste they generate. Furthermore, water treatment sludge is incinerated. The organic matter it contains is not, therefore, recyclable.

Take advantage of the City's green and food residue collection. 

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Vegetable table scraps can be mixed with other home compost. 

• Each household may obtain one free composter and one free kitchen collector from the Public Works drop-off site. 

Dead animals are not accepted for garbage pickups. Their bodies can be turned over to veterinarians.

The City currently does not pick up table scraps of animal origin or pet excrement. You can put such substances in the garbage. Waste of animal origin includes: 

• Meat, fat, cheese, bones and carcasses of chickens, etc. 

• Remainders of sauces and prepared dishes. 

• Pet (dog, cat, bird, etc.) excrement.

Put all disposable diapers from babies and other sources in the garbage.

Occasional medical waste may be put in the household garbage. However, residents who regularly use syringes must discard them in sharps disposal containers. Your pharmacy can provide further information. 

• Used bandages, cotton balls, etc.: garbage 

• Syringes: sharps disposal container (check with pharmacy) 

All non-reusable and non-recyclable clothing and fabrics may be discarded as garbage. However, recycling firms often accept to make rags or fibre. Check with such organizations. If they don’t want them, put them in the garbage.

Take them to the pharmacy. 

They are hauled to a dry materials sorting centre, except for cooling equipment, such as refrigerators, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, etc., which are taken to Public Works, where cooling liquids are removed by an accredited firm, before they are recycled.

The sorting centre separate recyclable materials (wood, metal, plastics, plasterboard, asphalt shingles, cardboard, etc.) before recycling and reusing them.

Bulky items and CRDs that are picked up by the City are not recycled. Take materials in good working order to a recycling organization. 

Not true! Glass that is recycled through selective collection (blue bin) is separated and sent to recyclers. Glass, which comes from sand, is worth less than other recycled materials and recycling it is less cost-effective.However, the recycling industry is evolving and you are encouraging development of these new solutions by discarding glass in your blue bind. 

Three subsectors currently use recycled glass: 

• Glass micronization for reuse in concrete. 

• Production of paving stones (see the Jean-Talon Market plan). 

• Use as cover materials in engineered landfill site.