If you own the building, you can use the following form to send us your proof of collection. If you rent space in the building and are responsible for managing your own collection contracts, you must send a copy of your collection contract to your landlord, who is responsible for sending us proof for all businesses in the building.

The regulations have been in effect since September 16, 2025. However, a grace period of a few months will be granted to businesses that demonstrate good faith in their efforts to comply, in order to:

• Allow municipal teams to assist businesses with this change in practice;
• Give businesses time to negotiate collection contracts for their recyclable and compostable materials.

Businesses that do not cooperate after the grace period may receive notices of violation informing them that they must comply with municipal regulations, followed by a fine of $600 per day.

First, check your lease:

• If waste management is included in the lease, contact your landlord first to inform them of the new municipal regulations. If your landlord still refuses to comply, please submit a request online or call 311. Our municipal teams will then follow up with your landlord.
• If waste management is excluded from your lease, it is your responsibility to set up collection for recyclable and compostable materials and to provide proof of this to your building's landlord.

First, check your lease agreement:

• If waste management is included in the lease agreement, it is your responsibility, as the landlord, to set up a system for collecting recyclable and compostable materials and to provide proof of this to Ville de Gatineau.
• If waste management is excluded from your lease, first contact your tenant to inform them of the new municipal regulations. If your tenant still refuses to comply, please submit a request online or call 311. Our municipal teams will then follow up with the tenant who refuses to comply.

Yes. Every business within Gatineau must have a collection service for recyclable and compostable materials. All businesses generate compostable waste, even if it's just employees' lunch leftovers, brown paper, and tissues.

If you generate only a small amount of compostable waste, you could:

• Simply have a brown bin that you place curbside during your area's municipal collection. The cost for weekly collection of a brown bin by Ville de Gatineau is approximately $175 per year;
• Team up with other businesses in your building to share a brown bin.

Not sure? Fill out the short form so we can better answer your questions and help you transition to this new collection system.

No. To comply, your business must sort all of its recyclable materials, including all containers, packaging, and printed materials. If you currently have a cardboard-only collection, you have several options:

• Keep your cardboard collection and add a collection for other materials, either through Ville de Gatineau or a private collector;
• Set up a mixed recyclables collection–where all containers, packaging, and printed materials are accepted–with Ville de Gatineau or a private collector.

Not sure? Fill out the short form so we can better answer your questions and help you transition to this new collection system.

Yes, it is possible to have one collection route through Ville de Gatineau and the others through a private provider.

As part of the objectives of the 2023-2029 waste management plan, Ville de Gatineau aims to increase the recycling rate for recyclable materials from 24% to 75% and the recovery rate for compostable materials from 7% to 60% by 2029 for the industrial, commercial, and institutional sectors, thereby matching the current performance rates of the residential sector.