Household Waste

A collection occurs every week in buildings with nine (9) or more units and in the commercial areas of the villages of Pointe-Claire and Valois.

To know the collection schedule, consult the: 

Collection Calendar

Summer Schedule

From June 3 to August 26, 2025, household waste collection will be weekly on Tuesdays for sector A and Wednesdays for sector B.

Collection Sectors

How to Position Bins and Containers

• Your bins should be positioned in your driveway, at the edge of the public road, after 6 PM
  the day before or before 7 AM on the collection day.
• The wheels and handles of the rolling bin should be facing your residence.
• Containers with lids that are not secured must remove them.
• A space of 30 cm (1 foot) must be maintained around the bin and between bins or 45 cm if it is a container.

After collection, your bins must be removed no later than 10 PM on the collection day. Outside of collection day, the bin should be stored in a place where it is least visible from the street and least disruptive to neighboring properties.

Instructions

Citizens are responsible for acquiring a container or a bin for this collection. We suggest that this bin be gray or black. It should not be blue, green, or brown. If it is a wheeled bin, it must have a European grip and not an American one.

Only household waste placed in a closed container or in a rolling bin is collected. Bulky items are not accepted during this collection (those that are too large to fit in a bin), except for sofas and armchairs. Electronic devices, halocarbons (e.g., refrigerators), sofa-beds, metal based sofas, tires, and construction materials are not accepted. You can bring them to the ecocentres.

Instructions for the deposit of upholstered items for collection

• For each address or apartment building, a maximum of 10 upholstered items (sofa and armchair) is accepted per collection.
• Your items must be placed in your driveway, at the edge of the public road, after 6 p.m. the day before or before 7 a.m. on the day of collection.
• It is important not to place your items against your bin; a space of 30 cm (1 ft) must be maintained around the waste bin to ensure mechanical collection.
• The weight must not exceed 110 lb (50 kg), and the maximum dimensions are 1.8 m (6 ft) by 1.2 m (4 ft) for each item.

Manual Collection

• Materials can be placed in a reusable plastic or metal container, or a European-style wheeled bin, with a volume not exceeding 121 L.
• A maximum of 360 liters of household waste or three (3) bags are collected per door, per collection.
• The container or wheeled bin must weigh no more than 55 lb (25 kg).

Mechanized Collection

Only bins with a European grip are accepted for mechanized collection.

• Materials can be placed in a wheeled bin with a European grip, with a volume not exceeding 360 L.
• The bins provided by the City for organic materials and recyclable materials cannot be used for household waste collection, according to regulation PC-2864.

Maximum Weight