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Garbage Separation and Disposal 

The following tips are for non-collectable waste, this means any of the material below will not be picked up on regular garbage nights.

• Explosive or highly combustible materials such as a celluloid cutting, moving picture film, or oil-soaked or gasoline soaked rags and the like;

• Plaster, drywall, fibreglass insulation, lumber, concrete, a boulder or other waste residue resulting from construction, building renovation or a demolition operation;

• Swill, liquid waste, or organic matter which has not been drained and wrapped;

• Wet or Dry Waste which has not been prepared or packaged for collection;

• A tire, car battery, gas or oil tank, automotive part or body;

• Any material which is frozen or stuck to the Waste receptacle or container and cannot be removed by shaking
manually;

• Any material or substance which may cause damage to the natural environment;

• Any septic tank pumping, raw sewage, sewage sludge or industrial process sludge;

• Any radioactive material;

• Any ash or ashes

More tips on By-law P-406 - Schedule D 

As Monctonians, we are proud of our efforts in providing solutions to care for the environment. The environment plays a huge role in our lives and we work hard to create as little impact on it as possible.

On October 1, 2006, the City of Moncton’s launched the Wet/Dry Waste Separation program, which makes separating waste into blue or green transparent plastic bags mandatory for all city residents. The program boasts a 99.9 per cent participation rate.

The benefits of this program are numerous. Our community’s participation in the Wet/Dry Program is extending the life of the Westmorland-Albert landfill and dramatically increasing the amount of material being reused and recycled. This not only reduces our community’s carbon footprint, but also reduces the overall cost of providing waste collection services. Presently, more than 51 per cent of residential waste collected is recycled or composted.

In fact, in 2007, the Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Corporation recycled more than 11,000 metric tons of materials thanks to the city’s Wet/Dry Waste Separation program.

View the City of Moncton Waste Collection By-Law P-406.

 

Did you know?

It takes six City of Moncton employees and six waste collection vehicles to collect the solid waste for the entire city, which equals more than 17,000 metric tons each year. This is an average of 65 metric tons per collection night, and 10 metric tons—the equivalent of two elephants— per collection employee!

 

Garbage Collection Information

 

Contact Us

Public Works Dispatch Centre
Tel: 506-859-2643
Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week 

Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Corporation
2024 Route 128
(Berry Mills Road)
Moncton, N.B., E1C 8J5

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1397
Moncton, N.B., E1C 8T6

Hotline: 506-877-1040
Reception: 506-877-1050
Fax: 506-877-1060
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday to Friday

Website

Wet/Dry Guide

Hazardous Waste list