By Joel Ceausu
The Suburban
As of October 3, everyone living in a building of nine units or more in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce will enjoy compost collection.
Since 2021 the collection of food waste, also known as compost, was gradually implemented in all buildings of nine dwellings or more, industries, businesses and institutions in CDN-NDG. Collection start date is Thursday, October 3.
This new collection will replace the Thursday garbage collection, which will now be collected once a week, on Mondays. September 26 will be the last Thursday garbage collection. For the rest of this month, door-to-door distribution of countertop bins to tenants will continue.
About 40-55% of the contents of a garbage bag is made up of food waste. Rather than being composted, this waste fills up landfill sites, pollutes soil and emits methane. Participation in this new collection is mandatory under the terms of the Collection Services Bylaw.
For more information according to your postal code: consult https://montreal.ca/info-collectes
For assistance contact the NDG Éco-quartier at 514 486-2727 or ecoquartierndg@socenv.ca; or CDN Éco-quartier at 514 738-7848 or info@socenv.ca. n