Garbage Pick-up Reduced to Once per Week

06/04/2009

The Kahnaw�:ke Environment Protection Office (KEPO) announced today that garbage pick-up will be reduced to once-a-week, every Friday, beginning July 1st, 2009. KEPO will also put in place a four-bag limit per household each week, which is two bags down from the original six-bag limit per household, per day.

The reason behind the cut-back is due to a price increase in garbage pick-up. The cost per ton almost doubled from $97 (per ton) due to inflation over the years and a number of other issues.

Community members are asked to respect this change. If four bags are not enough to hold all of a community member�s garbage, we are encouraged to practice recycling and composting to reduce the amount of waste we throw away each week. KEPO will have pamphlets available for those interested in either.