Tagged overflow garbage bags are now on sale

Gatineau, September 4, 2019. – Tagged overflow garbage bags are now available in service centres and ecocentres. They can also be purchased online through gatineau.ca/dtritus.

As of September 15, 2019, household garbage that is not contained in a gray bin or tagged overflow bags will not be collected.

Quick facts

●	Tagged overflow bags can be purchased for $2.50 for a pack of five. There is an additional cost of mailing for online orders.

●	The only bags containing surplus garbage that will be collected are tagged overflow bags.

●	Surplus garbage must be packed in those bags and left curbside next to the gray bin. Tagged overflow bags are not meant to be placed in the gray bin.

●	As of September 15, 2019, only the contents of gray bins and tagged overflow bags will be collected as household garbage. A maximum of five tagged overflow bags will be allowed per collection per unit.

●	For additional information, consult gatineau.ca/dtritus.

Reminder

●	According to a Léger survey, close to 70% of Gatineau residents are using gray bins for their household garbage.

●	Compostables, recyclables, construction residues and household hazardous waste are not to be mixed in with garbage.

●	In Gatineau, 50% of the contents of the average garbage bin still consists of recyclables or compostables.

●	The provincial government requires that all municipalities in Quebec reduce their garbage.

Associated link

gatineau.ca/dtritus

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