Organic Materials, Leaves and Green Waste - Ville de Kirkland

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Traffic Disruption on Saint-Charles Boulevard on Monday, August 10

Traffic Disruption on Saint-Charles Boulevard on Monday, August 10

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Road Reconstruction – Place du Souvenir, Aesop St., Allard St., Derome St., Pasquini St.

Road Reconstruction – Place du Souvenir, Aesop St., Allard St., Derome St., Pasquini St.

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Replacement of a section of the storm sewer network on Argyle Street

Replacement of a section of the storm sewer network on Argyle Street.

2026-07-09

Roadway Rehabilitation – Sainte-Marie East Overpass

Roadway Rehabilitation on Sainte-Marie East Overpass, from July 9 to August 6, 2026.

2026-06-29

Reconfiguration of the merge lane onto Saint-Charles Boulevard South at the Sainte-Marie Road East intersection

Reconfiguration of the merge lane onto Saint-Charles Boulevard South at the Sainte-Marie Road East intersection, starting June 29.
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Organic Materials, Leaves and Green Waste

Organic materials, Leaves and Green Waste

Once a week - on Tuesdays

In Kirkland, organic materials, leaves and green waste collection takes place once a week, on Tuesdays, starting at 7 am. The brown bin should be placed at the curb after 6 p.m. Monday evening or before 7 am Tuesday morning and put away before the end of the day on Tuesday.  Your wheeled bin is the property of the Town of Kirkland and must remain on the premises when you move.


Please note that the bins are the property of the Town of Kirkland and must remain on the property when you move

As much as possible, we ask that organic waste be placed in tightly closed paper bags or be well wrapped in newspaper or cardboard boxes, etc., so as not to be discarded directly in the brown bin.

ACCEPTED Materials

Kitchen Waste (raw, cooked or spoiled, including shells and bones)

  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Eggshells
  • Fish and seafood
  • Meat and poultry, including bones
  • Dairy products
  • Bread, pasta and cereal products
  • Nutshells
  • Coffee and tea bags

Green Waste

  • Flowers, plants, weeds, thatch, mulch and yard waste
  • Dead leaves
  • Grass clippings
  • Vegetable and fruit tree residues
  • Wood chips
  • Twigs and small branches from shrubs or hedges (less than 2 cm in diameter and
  • less than 1 m long)
  • Bark, untreated sawdust
  • Conifer needles and pine cones
  • Straw

Other Waste 

  • Soiled paper and cardboard: Newspapers, tissues, paper towels, pizza boxes, paper napkins, French fry containers, muffin papers, flour bags, etc.
  • Compostable tableware
  • Pet food

REFUSED Materials

- Plastic packaging
- Recyclable plastic bags

Preferred disposal options: Blue bin (recyclables)

- Diapers, tampons and sanitary pads
- Compostable or biodegradable plastic bags
- Dryer lint
- Soiled litter and animal excrement
- Wax paper

Preferred disposal options: Household waste

- Polystyrene (Plastic #6 - Styrofoam)

Preferred disposal options: Drop-off at the Road Yard or Ecocenter

- Wood and ceramics

Preferred disposal options: Drop off at the Yard or Ecocentre

- Dead animals

Preferred method of disposal: Municipal patrol 514 630-1234

- Tree branches

Preferred disposal options: Branch collections

It is prohibited to dispose of leaves and other green waste in the Friday garbage collection. The garbage removal contractor will leave in place bags and other receptacles containing green residues.

Let’s adopt good practices in reducing household waste and avoid using plastic bags to dispose of green waste! Please ensure to make your landscaper aware of this regulation!

Did you know? 

To dispose of dead leaves, you can leafcycle them using the lawnmower to shred and spread them evenly in a thin layer as a free natural fertilizer for your soil. Shredded leaves can also be used as mulch for gardens and landscapings.

To optimize this pick-up service, it is important that:
  • the bin is properly positioned at the curb
  • the wheels face the house
  • the cover is closed and remains unlocked

Also, the bin should always be placed on your property and not on the street, so it does not obstruct the street sweeper or the snow plows. Otherwise, the streets cannot be cleaned properly.

Is your brown bin not up to the task?

Here are the brown bin partners to use for the collection of organic materials and green residues:

Also, make sure that your bags or containers are placed on your property and not on the street, so as not to obstruct the street sweeper.

Otherwise, the streets cannot be cleaned properly.

INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Green waste only (leaves, grass and yard waste)
  • Avoid heavy loads (over 20 kg/45 lb)
  • Place your bags/containers at the curb next to the brown bin before 7 a.m. Tuesday mornings
  • No plastic bags accepted

Whether it’s a wheel, lid, axle or latch, any part of your brown bin that’s broken or missing can be replaced at home, free of charge!

Request a repair

To begin with, you need to request a repair by submitting a service request online. In particular, you need to tell us the address where the bin to be repaired is located and identify the broken part(s) to be replaced.

Bin repair

  • The contractor appointed by the city repairs broken bins at your home, during the day on Thursday.
  • The bin to be repaired must be emptied of all contents and placed at the curb after 6:00 pm the day before the Thursday scheduled for repair, i.e. late Wednesday.
  • Every Tuesday at 2:00 pm, the contractor draws up a new list of repairs to be carried out on Thursday of the same week.
    Thus, a broken bin for which an online request is received BEFORE 2:00 pm on Tuesday of a given week will appear on the list of repairs to be carried out on Thursday of the same week. 
    Similarly, a broken bin for which an online request is received AFTER 2:00 pm on Tuesday of a given week will appear on the list of repairs to be carried out on Thursday of the following week.

Submit a repair request online

The repair of a broken bin is a free service available upon request by means of an online request.

To submit a service request for the repair of your brown bin, click on the image below and look for the box labeled “BROWN BIN TO BE REPAIRED”:

If your brown bin was not collected during the scheduled pickup, you can notify the Town promptly through the Online Request System.

When all conditions are met (brown bin placed on time, positioned correctly, and containing only accepted materials), the Town will instruct the contractor to carry out a corrective collection.

Once your request has been received, you will receive an email confirmation indicating the scheduled day for the corrective pickup and, if necessary, any adjustments to be made regarding non-compliant items.

Online requests

To submit an online request related to the Collection of Organic materials, Leaves and Green Waste, click on "KIRK the Dispatcher" below, and look for the box corresponding to the service applicable to the subject of your request, in particular : 

BROWN BIN to be repaired : when a part of your brown bin is broken or missing (wheel, lid, axle, latch, etc.);

BROWN BIN non-repairable, lost, stolen or required by a new resident : to report the loss of your brown bin or request a new one;

GENERAL PROBLEMS applicable to all types of door-to-door collection services: to notify us that the collection truck is running late in your area; that your materials were not picked up on the scheduled collection day; or to report a problem with the behaviour of employees providing the collection service, or any other door-to-door collection service.