{"id":91179,"date":"2025-05-14T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/?p=91179"},"modified":"2025-05-21T10:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:01:58","slug":"special-collections-on-may-25-household-hazardous-waste-and-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/special-collections-on-may-25-household-hazardous-waste-and-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Special collections on May 25: household hazardous waste, electronics and tires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Town is making it easier for residents to dispose of hazardous materials safely and responsibly. A special collection day will take place on <strong>Sunday, May 25<\/strong> <strong>from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.<\/strong> <strong>at Public Works<\/strong> (250 Bedbrook Avenue), offering residents a convenient way to dispose of household hazardous waste, unwanted electronics, and used tires.<\/p>\n<h2>Household hazardous waste (HHW)<\/h2>\n<p>Once again this year, residents are invited to safely dispose of items such as paints, solvents, batteries, and other toxic materials.<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of accepted types of\u00a0hazardous\u00a0waste and a description of the procedure to follow, visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/en\/resident-services\/waste-collection\/household-hazardous-waste-ecocentres\/\">Hazardous\u00a0Household\u00a0Waste &amp; Ecocentres<\/a>\u00a0page on the Town website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drop-off procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring proof of residence on the island of Montreal.<\/li>\n<li>Organize the waste into containers and put them in the trunk. Make sure that the products are well organized in waterproof containers and separated from each other. For example, pool chlorine must be kept separate from other products.<\/li>\n<li>When you arrive at the front of the line, turn off your vehicle and open the trunk. The waste will be retrieved directly from your trunk by an employee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Remain in your vehicle whenever possible for safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Electronic devices\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NEW !<\/span><\/em> In partnership with the <strong>Recycle My Electronics<\/strong><strong><sup>MC<\/sup> program<\/strong>, residents can now recycle old or broken electronics. All electronics collected will be sent to certified primary recyclers in Qu\u00e9bec for safe, secure and eco-friendly processing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accepted products (by category)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Display Devices<\/li>\n<li>Non-Cellular Phones and Answering Machines<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Computers<\/li>\n<li>Portable Computers<\/li>\n<li>Computer and Video Game Peripherals<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Printers, Scanners, Fax Machines, Copiers and Multi-Function Devices<\/li>\n<li>Personal\/Portable Audio\/Video Systems<\/li>\n<li>Non-Portable Audio\/Video Systems<\/li>\n<li>Home Theatre in a Box<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle Audio\/Video and Navigation Systems<\/li>\n<li>Cellular Devices and Pagers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/recyclemyelectronics.ca\/qc\/what-can-i-recycle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the full list of accepted products<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/recyclemyelectronics.ca\/qc\/how-to-prepare-your-device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these tips to secure your data and protect your privacy<\/a> before dropping off your products.<\/p>\n<h2>Tire collection\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NEW !<\/span><\/em> Thanks to a new partnership with <strong>Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong>, this year\u2019s collection includes tire recycling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accepted tires include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Car and light truck tires without rims<\/li>\n<li>Rim diameters between 30.48 cm (12 in) and 62.23 cm (24.5 in), and overall diameters up to 83.82 cm (33 in)<\/li>\n<li>Motorcycle and ATV tires also accepted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.recyc-quebec.gouv.qc.ca\/entreprises-organismes\/se-conformer\/pneus-hors-usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recyc-Qu\u00e9bec website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do your part and recycle your hazardous waste responsibly!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town is making it easier for residents to dispose of hazardous materials safely and responsibly. A special collection day will take place on Sunday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Public Works (250 Bedbrook [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":91180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"page_builder":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment"],"better_featured_image":{"id":91180,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":600,"height":600,"file":"2025\/05\/HHW.png","filesize":881079,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"HHW-285x285.png","width":285,"height":285,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":194886,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HHW-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":91179,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HHW.png"},"acf":{"banner_img":false},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91179","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=91179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}