Household Waste

• Montreal’s post-moving day cleanup well underway, expected to last 2 weeks

  Montreal cleanup crews are collecting household waste following the annual July 1st moving day. As Tim Sargeant reports, it could take two weeks to remove the discarded material.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2024
  
• Labour shortage at Ricova delays curbside waste collection in Montreal

  A lack of workers in the recycling and trash collection business means many curbside pickups are occurring many hours passed their normal schedule.

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2022
  
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• Montreal holds public hearings to discuss reducing waste

  According to numbers provided by the Montreal Metropolitan Community, local households aren't hitting the target of recycling 70 per cent of waste.

  Canada

  May 17, 2019
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• Regina to collect hazardous waste on select dates through spring

  Regina residents are encouraged to drop off their hazardous waste at the public works yard on select dates this spring, beginning April 26.

  Environment

  Apr 26, 2019
• Scott Thompson: You can’t preach environment while ignoring your own trash

  Trudeau must accept what his environment minister preaches to the rest of us common folk on a daily basis: pollution isn't free anymore, Scott Thompson says.

  Apr 25, 2019
• ‘Package-free’: How a Verdun family reduced household waste to the size of a soup can

  Their garbage can is now an old soup can, the size of a large mason jar. Even their recycling is now down to a box that's smaller than a milk crate.

  Canada

  Jul 11, 2018
• 45% of garbage should’ve been composted in Pointe-Claire: study

  Forty-five per cent of garbage should've been composted while another 20 per cent should have been recycled or disposed of safely.

  Environment

  Apr 30, 2018