Collection of Recyclable Materials

Côte Saint-Luc collects curbside recycling on Tuesday starting at 7am. Please place your items in your recycling bin (blue box).

If you never received a blue box or if you are a new resident, you can get a free one from the Public Works office (7001 Mackle Rd.) on Monday to Thursday from 7am to 3:30pm, or Fridays from 7am to 3pm.

If your blue box gets stolen, broken or lost, we will replace it free of charge.  Any subsequent replacement or additional blue box will cost $10.

The selective collection of recyclable materials service applies to single family homes and to buildings with eight (8) apartments, or less.

Recycling bins (blue boxes) are free for residents (one box per residence).

Residents who wish to get a blue box are invited to come to the Public Works department (7001 Mackle Rd.), during office hours.                             

What we recycle

• Fiber
• Newspapers
• Flyers and magazines
• Paper (even with staples) and envelopes (even with windows)
• Cereal, frozen food, laundry detergent, shoe and other boxes
• Cardboard boxes (flattened and tied up)
• Cardboard tubes and rolls
• File folders
• Paper bags
• Books
• Telephone books
• Glass
• Bottles and jars of all shapes and colours (no need to remove labels)
• Metal / aluminium
• Tin cans
• Covers and lids
• Hangers
• Aluminium cans
• Clean aluminium pie plates and foil
• Plastic
• Hard plastic: Bottles from any sort of liquid, including
  shampoo and laundry detergent, yoghurt, margarine,
  shortening and other similar containers, covers, lids, milk
  and juice containers and all other rigid multi-layer
  packaging from liquids
• Soft plastic: Grocery and other shopping bags, dry cleaning
  bags, bread and pastry bags (grease-free), clean food
  storage bags, plastic wrappers (from milk, paper towels,
  etc.)

What we don't recycle 

• Table scraps and putrescible materials
• Fiber
• Soiled or greasy paper or cardboard
• Wax paper
• Stickers
• Wallpaper
• photographic paper
• Foil gift wrap
• Padded envelopes
• Composite products (binders, etc.)
• Diapers
• Glass
• Drinking glasses
• Windows and mirrors
• Incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs
• Porcelain and ceramics
• Pyrex
• Broken and unbroken dishes
• Metal/Aluminium
• Paint, solvent or pesticide containers
• Spray cans, etc.,
• Metal hardware
• Pipes
• Nails
• Screws
• Pots
• Pans
• Muffin tins
• Electronic and large household appliances
• Small household appliances
• Toys
• Tools and other products made from mixed materials
• Plastic
• Hard – All number “6” plastics (polystyrene), paint, motor oil or other similar containers, tooth paste tubes and pumps, rubber items (hoses, boots), toys, tools and other products made from mixed materials
• Soft – Soiled plastic film, cereal or cracker bags (waxed), chip bags (greasy), stretch wrap (from pâté, meat, cheese, etc.), pool covers, awnings, etc.

Recycling Bells

Recycling bells are available to residents in the following two locations

• Behind Cavendish Mall (close to Kildare Road, next to the community gardens)
• On the corner of Westminster and Baily (above the overpass).