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Household Collections and Residual Materials 
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Type of collections
Acetone
Aerosols
Algae
Aluminum
Aluminum cans
Aluminum containers
Aluminum foil
Ammonia
Ammunition, cartridges
Contact the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)
514-280-2222
Animal feces
Asbestos
You must contact an expert who is familiar with asbestos abatement.
Ashes
Awnings
Bandages
Barbecues (without the tank)
Bathtub
Batteries
Bicycles
Bike helmet
Biodegradable or oxo-biodegradable plastic
Bleach
Blinds
Board games
Bookcase
Books
Branches (Deciduous)
Branches (Evergreen)
Bread
Bricks
Broken dishes
Brown paper bags
Bubble wrap for packing, bubble plastic
Cakes
Candle
Candy wrappers
Cans
Car parts
Please make sure to empty the gas and oil.
Carbon paper
Cardboard
Cardboard boxes
Cardboard coffee cups
Cardboard containers coated with aluminum or plastic
Cardboard cotton swabs
Cardboard egg cartons
Cardboard soiled with food
Catalytic converter
CD and DVD cases
CDs and DVDs
Cell phones
Ceramics
Cereal, crackerbox bags
Chewing gum
Chip bags
Chlorine
Christmas Lights
Christmas trees
Cigarette butts and ash
Clean plastic wrap
Cleaning products
Cloth or plastic vacuum bags
Clotheslines
Clothing
Coffee filters
Coffee grounds
Compostable diapers
Compostable dishes
Compostable plastic bags
Computer
Computer equipment
Seulement le matériel de petite dimension est accepté pour l'Électrobac.
Computer keyboard
Computer mouse
Computer screen
Concrete
Condoms
Confidential documents (shredding service)
Construction and renovation materials
Container no. 7
Contaminated earth
Please visit the website of the Ministry of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change: http://www.mddelcc.gouv.qc.ca/sol/terrains/politique-en/index.htm
Cookie packages
Coolant, antifreeze
Cork stoppers
Corn cobs
Corrosive products
Couch, sofa
Creosote
Cupboard
Dairy products
Avoid disposing of the following foods in your household composter: meat, poultry, fish and dairy products.
Dead house pets
You may contact a veterinarian or animal cremation service. If the animal is found on municipal land, you may contact the Public Works department at 514-630-1230.
Dead leaves
Dead wild animals
If the animal is found on municipal land, you may contact the Public Works department (514-630-1230).
Dental floss
Desserts
Diapers
Dishes in good condition
Dishwasher
Disposable paper tissue
Disposable razors
Disposable wipes
Doors
Drain cleaners
Dryer lint
Dryer sheets
Drywall
Edible oils and fats
In large quantities, dispose of the oil in the collection of hazardous household waste.
Eggs (including the shell)
Eggshells
Electric baseboards
Electrical wires
Electronic devices
The Electrobac accepts small electronic devices: chargers, cables, mouse, headphones, speakers, routers, hard disks, memory cards, RAM cards, USB keys, cell phones, cameras, MP3 players, GPS, ink cartridges, etc.
Electronic tablets
Emballage - coque en PVC
Empty milk and juice containers
Empty paint cans
Engine (gas, electric)
Please make sure to empty the gas and oil.
Evergreen needles
Excavation debris
Excavation materials
Expired medications
Please bring them to your pharmacist.
Explosive products
Fabrics
Fax machines
Feathers
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
Fibre cement
If there is asbestos, you must contact an expert who is familiar with asbestos abatement.
Fibreglass
Firearms, rifles
Contact the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM)
514-280-2222
Fish
Avoid disposing of the following foods in your household composter: meat, poultry, fish and dairy products.
Flammable products
Flour
Flowers
Fluorescent tubes
Food
Avoid disposing of the following foods in your household composter: meat, poultry, fish and dairy products.
Freezing liquid
Fruit and vegetable peels
Fruits
Fur
Furnaces
Furniture
Furniture (wood, metal and plastic)
Garden hose
Garden waste
Garland lights
Gas, engine oil, antifreeze
Glass
Glass bottles
Some bottles may be consigned.
Glass jars and flasks
Glass window
Glasses
Please put your glasses in the collection bin for that purpose at the Aquatic Centre (60 Maywood Avenue)
Glues and adhesives
Grains
Granola bar/snack wrappers
Grass
Gravel
Hair
Hair spray
Heating oil tanks
Please make sure to empty the tank and cut it in two.
Hot plate
Hot water tanks
Household and electrical appliances
Appliances containing halocarbons (refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner, dehumidifier, water cooler) are accepted only at the Ecocentre.
Ice cream cartons
Infant car seat
Please check the expiry date to donate them to a non-profit organization.
Instrument strings
Some music stores in the Montréal area have collection boxes for used instrument strings.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts occasionally accepts used strings through its Art Hive program, which gives them a second life by incorporating them into artistic projects.
Insulation materials
Iron
Kitchen range hood
Light bulbs (compact fluorescent, fluorescent, LED, CFL)
Light bulbs (incandescent, halogen)
Lighter
Lighter fluid
Linoleum
Logs
Masson jar metal lids
Mattresses and box spring
Meat (including bones)
Avoid disposing of the following foods in your household composter: meat, poultry, fish and dairy products.
Mercury (thermometer)
Metal pans
Metal parts
Metal polish
Metallic wrapping paper
Microwave oven
Mirrors
Nail polish
Nail polish remover
Nails, screws
Natural cotton pillow
Natural feather pillow
Newspapers, flyers and magazines
Non-food oil and grease
Oven
Oven cleaner
P-Touch label stickers
Packaging for ready-to-eat food
Packing peanuts
Padded envelopes
Paint
Paint stripper
Paint thinner
Paper
Paper envelopes
Paper napkins
Paper plates, bowls and utensils
Paper tablecloths
Paper towels
Paper vacuum bags and contents
Parchment paper
Pasta
Pet food
Pet food bags
Pet litter (with or without excrement)
Photo paper
Photocopier
Plants
Plastic (No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
Plastic (No. 6)
Plastic ad-bags
Insérez vos sacs les uns dans les autres avant de les déposer dans votre bac, une initiative visant à faciliter la gestion au centre de tri.
Plastic bags
Insérez vos sacs les uns dans les autres avant de les déposer dans votre bac, une initiative visant à faciliter la gestion au centre de tri.
Plastic cotton swabs
Plastic no. 1 or 5 restaurant containers
Plastic no. 1 or 5 single-serving containers
Plastic no. 6 restaurant containers
Plastic no. 6 single-serving containers
Plastic plates and bowls
Plastic stand-up pouches
Plastic with no recycling symbol
Polyethylene
Pool covers
Porcelain
Porcelain
Potting soil
Indoor or outdoor plant in small quantities
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Poultry (bones, skin, fat, organs)
Avoid disposing of the following foods in your household composter: meat, poultry, fish and dairy products.
Printer ink cartridges
Printers
Products containing halocarbons
Propane tanks
PVC
Pyrex
Radios
Rain drains
Refrigerators
Rims
Please remove the tires.
Rognures de tourbe / résidus de tourbe (rouleau)
Rolled carpets and rugs
Rubber
Sawdust
Scanner
Scrap metal
Seafood
Shingles
Shower
Silica pouch
Sinks
Small obsolete extinguisher
Small tree roots
Smoke detectors
Snowblower, lawn mower
Please make sure to empty the gas and oil.
Sod
Soiled aluminum foil
Soiled paper, tissue, filters, cardboard
Please dispose of your materials soiled with grease or oil in the organic waste bin only.
Soiled plastic wrap
Solvents
Sports equipment
Stickers, wallpaper, tapestries
Stones
Stove
Straw
Styrofoam
Styrofoam coffee cups
Styrofoam coolers
Styrofoam egg packaging
Styrofoam packaging (household and electronic appliances)
Styrofoam plates and bowls
Styrofoam restaurant containers
Styrofoam single-serving containers
Styrofoam trays for meat, fish, poultry, etc.
Synthetic pillow
Synthetic resin
Tables and chairs
Tampons and sanitary pads
Tar
Tarps
Tea bags
Television remotes
Television sets
Tetra Paks
Thatch
Tires (car, motorcycle, truck, bicycle)
Please remove the rims.
Tissue paper
Toilet seat
Toilets
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Toothpicks
Toxic products
Toys
Treadmill
Tree bark
Unbroken Pyrex
Uncontaminated earth
Unwaxed cardboard restaurant containers
Unwaxed cardboard single-serving containers
Vacuum
Vape pen
Vegetables
Vehicle batteries
VHS, DVD and CD players
Vinyl
Vinyl tablecloths
Washbasin, sink
Washers and dryers
Waste oil
Water coolers
Water heater
Wax
Wax coated cardboard coffee cups
Wax paper
Some certified compostable wax paper is coated with a vegetable wax. This type can go in the green bin. If it is not labelled as certified, however, it is not compostable.
Waxed cardboard boxes
Waxed cardboard restaurant containers
Waxed cardboard single-serving containers
Weeds
Windows
Wire hangers
Wireless phones, cell phones
Wood (painted or unpainted, lumber, supports, stumps, etc.)
Wood chips
Wood varnish
Yard waste
