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Household Collections and Residual Materials 
The weekly collection of organic materials is scheduled on Mondays between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Organic Materials
With the green bin, every peel and every leftover becomes a win for the environment: less methane going to landfill, more nutrients returned to the soil. Find out what materials are accepted, the collection days, and how to properly prepare your bin.
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Pre-Game Prep: Organic Materials Collection
Follow these 5 steps and you’ll be in the major leagues of sorting your organic waste collection:
- Put your bin at the curb after 6 p.m. the day before or, by 7 a.m. on collection day.
- Use only the green rolling bin provided by the City of Pointe-Claire.
- Place the bin with wheels and handle facing your residence.
- For safe collection, please keep 30 cm (1 ft.) of space around the bin.
- Make sure the bin lid is fully closed, no stuff sticking out!
After collection, your bin must be removed no later than 10 p.m. on the day of collection. Outside of collection day, it must be stored in a place where it is least visible from the street and least disruptive to neighboring properties.
Why Dive Into the Organic Materials Collection?
Ready. Set. Green! The Bin Team is calling you into action: sort your food scraps, leftovers and garden waste into the green bin and make a winning play for Pointe-Claire.
Composting organics instead of sending them to landfill helps reduce methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, while keeping valuable nutrients in circulation. Through composting, organic materials are transformed into soil-enriching resources that support healthier landscapes and a stronger environment.
Step up, use your green bin and help turn everyday waste into a community win.
What Organic Material Goes in the Green Bin?
If you answer YES to any of these questions:
1. Is it edible?
2. Is it a paper plate or cardboard container with food on it?
3. Is it garden waste without clumps of soil attached?
Then it’s ready for you to compost it in the green bin!
Which Organic Materials are Accepted?
- Food waste: fruits, vegetables, all meats, fish, dairy, bread, pasta, coffee grounds & filters, tea bags...
- Soiled paper or cardboard: pizza boxes, take-out trays, paper plates with food residue.
o If the paper or cardboard item is soiled with food, it goes into the green bin.
o If the paper or cardboard item is NOT soiled with food, it goes into the recycling bin. - Soiled paper products: paper towels, dinner napkins, used Kleenex...
- Garden & green waste: leaves, grass clippings, houseplants, small roots and twigs with no soil-packed root balls...
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Which Materials are not Accepted?
Harmful invasive plants (buckthorn, common reed, ragweed, poison ivy, Japanese knotweed, etc.) must be placed in the household waste bin. Do not throw them in the organic materials bin or in natural areas to prevent their spread.
Leaf bags are collected only during the leaf collection. At any other time, leaves must be placed in the green rolling bin or used to make natural fertilizer through leafcycling. For more information, consult the Leaf Collection page.
Only conifer branches, which are less than 1 m in length and less than 5 cm in diameter, are collected. They must be placed in the bin. For all the details, consult the Branch Collection page.
Even if plastic bags are labelled biodegradable or compostable, they are not accepted in the organic materials bin.
Which bin should be used for collection?
For this collection, only the green wheeled bin provided by the City may be used. It cannot be used for any other type of collection.
The City offers three bin sizes to meet your needs. Note that a maximum weight is recommended by the manufacturer so collection crews can safely move and empty the bin into the truck.
| Bin sizes | Maximum weight |
|---|---|
| 120 L | 110 lb |
| 240 L | 150 lb |
If your bin is damaged or too small, you can request a repair, a replacement, or an additional bin.
Submit a request regarding a bin
Play Your Part
Thank you for stepping up and doing your part to help the city stay clean and winning together. Every properly sorted green bin is a goal scored for sustainability. When organic materials are kept out of landfill, we lighten landfill loads, reduce greenhouse gases and recycle nutrients back into the earth.
