The spring green waste collection begin this week in the Verdun Borough. It will be carried out in keeping with the usual garbage and recycling collection schedule: Monday to Thursday, until June 24 inclusively. Although June 24 is a statutory holiday, the green waste collection will be maintained in Sector 4, just as the garbage and recycling collections.
Further information on green waste collections may be found on the Borough's website, at the following address: ville.montreal.qc.ca/verdun
Monday – Sector 1: L’Île-des-Sœurs and Crawford Park (rue Leclair to Fayolle)
Tuesday – Sector 2: Between rues May and de l’Église, including all of rue Wellington
Wednesday – Sector 3: Between rues Galt and Desmarchais
Thursday – Sector 4: Between rues Melrose and Stephens
In order for their green waste to be picked up, residents must put it in orange bags or see-through bags and place them on their property line, along the sidewalk, between 10 p.m. the day before and 8 a.m. on the day of the collection.
Green waste accepted
Green waste is organic waste that comes from outdoor spaces, and particularly from backyards and plant beds. The following green waste is accepted: gardening waste from clean-ups and other landscaping work, leaves, dethatching waste from the ground, grass clippings (although grasscycling is highly recommended), garden and fruit tree waste, small branches of no more than 1 m long and 5 cm in diameter, in bundles tied with fibre rope (wire not accepted).
Not accepted: Food waste (and table scraps, in particular), earth, stone, tree stumps, tree trunks, branches over 5 cm in diameter and animal litter.
Based on the statistics compiled by the Borough, green waste collections are very popular among Verdunites. In 2009, nearly 510 metric tons of green waste was collected during the spring and fall pick-ups. In 2008, although there was only one pick-up in the fall, 183 metric tons of green waste was collected.
What becomes of your green waste?Green waste picked up in collections is sent to Complexe environnemental Saint-Michel (CESM), where it is converted into compost. Part of this compost is then given to residents, free of charge, within two distributions at CESM: one in the fall and the other in the spring. As it may be recalled, compost is a useful soil mixture for the lawn and plant beds as well as for indoor plants.
Further information on green waste collections may be found on the Borough's website, at the following address: ville.montreal.qc.ca/verdun
