Electronics contain a variety of materials — including glass, plastic, gold, silver, copper and palladium — that need to be recovered and recycled. This is why it is important that they end up in the right place.
The companies that make these products are responsible for managing and recovering them, so they are not accepted in municipal collections. Therefore, they are not accepted in municipal waste, compostables or recyclables collections.
Recognized for its quality of life, Gatineau is a city of 292,000 inhabitants. It is located on the north shore of the Ottawa River, and extends east and west of the Gatineau River.