{"id":90788,"date":"2026-04-27T14:52:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/?p=90788"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:32:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:32:29","slug":"compost-and-wood-chips-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/compost-and-wood-chips-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Free compost and wood chips distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Update May 5, 2026 &#8211; The supply was completely picked up on the first day. A new shipment is expected tomorrow afternoon, as well as on Monday, May 11.\u00a0<\/em><em>Wood chips are still available.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Town is offering residents a free supply of compost and wood chips for pickup <strong>starting May 4, 2026<\/strong>. These products are certified for all uses, including for vegetable gardens.<br \/><br \/>Compost and wood chips can be collected <strong>in the Milton parking lot, across from the Ronald Drive entrance <\/strong>(see map below). The pickup is self-serve; please bring your own bucket and shovel<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this distribution is reserved exclusively for Montreal West residents. Contractors are not permitted to take materials, and monitoring will be in place on site.<\/p>\n<p>A new delivery is expected on May 11, and these products will be available until supplies run out.<\/p>\n<p>For any questions, please contact the Public Works Department by filling out the Contact us form or call 514-485-8597.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-90792 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-992x846.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-992x846.png 992w, https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-1920x1637.png 1920w, https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-1536x1310.png 1536w, https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Compost-distribution-2048x1747.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update May 5, 2026 &#8211; The supply was completely picked up on the first day. A new shipment is expected tomorrow afternoon, as well as on Monday, May 11.\u00a0Wood chips are still available. The Town is offering residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":90790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":68,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"better_featured_image":{"id":90790,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":600,"height":600,"file":"2025\/04\/compost-600-x-250-px-1.png","filesize":746878,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"compost-600-x-250-px-1-285x285.png","width":285,"height":285,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":174581,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/compost-600-x-250-px-1-285x285.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":90788,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/compost-600-x-250-px-1.png"},"acf":{"banner_img":false},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-25 06:10:28","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}