Home composters - Ville de Kirkland

Alerts

To keep you informed of important messages from the city!

2025-06-11

June 11, 2025 – 1 pm : Boil-water advisory in effect for Discepola, Brien, Snair, Raymond, Semenchuk and Théorêt streets, and for certain addresses on Château-Kirkland Street and Elkas Boulevard

Due to emergency work carried out on the water network, a preventative boil-water advisory is currently in effect for the above-mentioned streets

Works Info

Stay informed about the work being carried out in the city, whether it involves road repairs, infrastructure maintenance, work on the water network, or park redevelopment. For any questions or to report an issue related to the work, please call 514-694-4100.

2025-06-16

Bonaventure Street : Roadway Reconstruction

Nature of the work: repair of curbs, upper road base, and paving; Electrical work and installation of LED streetlights; Rehabilitation of the water main and localized sewer repairs.

2025-06-16

Heritage Park: Temporary Closure of Tennis, Pickleball and Basketball Courts

Please note that the tennis, pickleball and basketball courts at Heritage Park will be temporarily closed from June 16 to 27 to allow for resurfacing and reconfiguration work.

2025-06-09

Municipal Parking Lot between the Arena and Meades Park: Rehabilitation Work

Nature of the work: Parking lot rehabilitation work

2025-06-04

Bike Path – Hydro-Québec Servitude, between Hedgerow and Argyle Streets: Rehabilitation Work

Nature of the work: Bike path rehabilitation work

2025-05-31

Saint-Charles Boulevard: Road rehabilitation work

Nature of the work: Road and sidewalk rehabilitation work (road levelling and asphalt paving work)

2025-05-15

South service road of HWY 40: Road rehabilitation work

Nature of the work: Road levelling and asphalt paving work

2025-05-12

Paiement Park: Reconstruction of the park

Nature of the work: Reconstruction of the park and replacement of playground equipment

2025-05-12

Heritage Park: Reconstruction of the park

Nature of the work: Reconstruction of the park, installation of new playground equipment and splash pad

2025-05-05

Holleuffer Park: General site work and Construction of a refrigerated skating rink

Nature of the work: Reconstruction of the tennis and basketball court surfaces, replacement of the lighting system and construction of a multi-purpose refrigerated ice rink.

2025-05-05

Brunswick Boulevard: Work by Hydro-Québec

Nature of the work: Implementation of an underground energy corridor to ensure electrical supply for new residential, commercial, and industrial development projects. The work will be carried out in three (3) phases and will take place from spring th

2025-04-22

Rehabilitation of the water main

From Spring to Fall 2025, the Town will be carrying out structural lining work on Kirkland Boulevard, Beacon Street, Daniel Street, Mountain View Street and Centennial Crescent. Residents affected by the work will receive letters informing them of th

Home composters

Home composters

In addition to the Town’s weekly organic waste collection, Kirkland residents can now purchase a household composter for as little as $25 at the Public Works Department (25 Claude-Jodoin – by appointment only) and make their own compost!

To schedule an appointment, please call 514 630-2727.

*Home composters must be installed on the owner’s property in Kirkland. Maximum of two (2) home composters per address.

How do I compost?

Compost is made from different organic materials placed into an environment suitable for decomposition: kitchen waste (such as fruit and vegetable scraps), dry materials and yard waste (ashes, wood chips, grass clippings, dead leaves). Materials are divided into two categories: “Green” and “Brown” also known as “Wet” and “Dry”. The first category is rich in nitrogen and the second in carbon. It is important to breakdown the materials you put into your composter in smaller pieces to speed up the process,.

STEPS

  1. Place the composter in a well-drained sunny location that is accessible year-round. Removing the grass underneath the composter allows microorganisms in the ground to be in direct contact with the compost.

  2. After installing the composter, cover the bottom with a layer of twigs. This allows air to circulate and encourages proper drainage.

  3. Alternate a mix of wet (kitchen waste) and dry waste (garden refuse) - always 50 % of wet and 50 % of dry residues.

  4. If possible, add “finished” compost, garden soil or a compost starter to your pile (available at most garden centres). This speeds up the composting start-up process.

  5. Mix the contents of the compost every two weeks or every time you add new materials. You can also add a shovelful of soil every now and then to introduce microorganisms.

  6. The fermentation and decomposition process usually takes one year, depending on the residues put in and the effort invested. The compost is ready to use when it is dark in colour, crumbly and has an “earthy” smell. Sort through the compost to eliminate substances that have not completely decomposed and put them back in the composter.

Materials that are acceptable for your composter

Wet materials:
Vegetable and fruit peels (including citrus fruit and banana skins), soup and salad leftovers (in small quantities so as not to soak the compost), wild mushrooms, green garden residues, grass clippings (in small quantities).

Dry materials:
Coffee grounds and filters, tea bags, cereal, bread, pasta, egg and nut shells, peach pits, wood chips, sawdust and twigs, animal hair or fur, corn cobs and stalks, dry fiber material cut into small pieces, dry tree leaves, hay, paper, newspapers and cardboard. Note that some wet materials can be dried in the sun to become dry materials.

Do NOT use:

Meat, fish and bone, dairy products, grease and oils, cheese, plastic, metal, seed-bearing weeds and diseased plants, harmful plants(ragweed, poison ivy, bindweed and quack grass), toxic products (treated turf), animal waste.

* You can compost weeds, bones, fish, meat and dairy products through the Municipal Organic Waste Collection (brown bins), as a result of the high-temperatures reached in the fermentation process due to the large quantities of composted organic materials.

 


 

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For more information

 
To find out more about backyard composting, please contact the Public Works Department at 514 630-2727.
 
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