Regular Curbside pick up
Tagging your garbage
Curbside Exchange Day Saturday May 14 2011 and October 22 2011
Spring Clean Sweep Day Saturday April 30 2011
Christmas Tree from December 27 2010 to January 8 2011 at both arenas in the Township
Regular Recycling pick up
Large item pick up week of May 16 2011 and week of October 24 2011
Leafs and Yard Waste pick up Saturday June 4 2011 and Saturday November 5 2011
Recycle your batteries
Recycle your electronics
To view the Calendar for the Garbage and recycling pick up programs, please click the one of the following links:
Village of Embrun
Village of Russell
Village of Limoges and Marionville
2012 Calendar
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Waste Collection - REGULAR CURBSIDE PICK UP
Garbage cans and blue box should be placed at the curb by 7 AM on your collection day. Garbage cans or containers must not exceed 125 litres (28 gallons) or 50 lbs (23 kg) in total weight, including the weight of the container.
HOLIDAY COLLECTION - When a collection day falls on a statutory or civic holiday, the collection is made one day later than usual during that specific week (See calendar).
CURBSIDE RESTRICTIONS - The following items are not collectable at the regular curb side pick-up. Residents have to bring the items to the landfill site at their expenses:
Fee not applicable at the landfill site
• ashes, sawdust or combustible materials;
• liquid or semi-liquid waste;
• hay, straw and manure, grass clippings, garden materials, leaves, yard waste and tree limbs;
• major appliances***;
• fences, fence posts;
• hazardous waste, propane tanks;
• Tires without rim.
Fee are applicable at the landfill site
• construction or renovation debris;
• large household furnishings;
• crates or packing material;
• automobiles or vehicle parts;
• Tires with rim.
Tagging your garbage
The tag must be placed in a manner which is clearly visible by the collection driver and operator.
The Township of Russell is maintaining the tag system for garbage pick up. We supply 52 tags for a single-family dwelling and 104 tags for a business. The tags are sent by regular mail in December. A tag is required for each bag, item or container you place at the curb for pick up. Additional tags can be purchased at the municipal office or at any branch of the municipal library at the cost of $2.00 each.
Please take notice that the 2011 tags are non-refundable, but can be used up to December 31, 2012. Furthermore, 5 garbage tags for the year 2011 or 2012 can be exchanged for one large item tag.
Curbside Exchange Day
Mark your calendar! May 12 and October 20, 2012 - BETWEEN 8AM – 5PM
The Township of Russell in cooperation with the Environmental Advisory Committee, invite all residents to clean-up their attics and recycle their old stuff! One person’s trash is another person’s treasure!
IT’S EASY!
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Sort and set all your treasures on the curbside (CDs, books, old furniture, small appliances, kitchen gadgets, unwanted gifts, etc.);
- Identify them as “FREE” for the treasure hunters;
- At the end of the day, bring any uncollected items back to your home.
DON’T FORGET…
- Respect other people’s property; don’t walk on people’s lawns and gardens.
- Take only the treasures marked free at the curb.
- Don’t discard previously picked-up treasures on another person’s lawn.
HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING!
Spring Cleaning
We invite you to take part in our effort to clean up our community by picking up the waste left from this winter. Pick up on your property and why not your neighborhood! You want to do more? Why not walk to your favorite park and tidy it up too! Deposit your garbage bags (no tags required!) on the side of the road, at an intersection. The bags will be collected during the follwing week. The next Spring cleaning weekend will take place on April 28 2012.
TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Christmas Trees
Christmas trees can be dropped off, at no cost, at the landfill site or at the Embrun and Russell arenas at the designated areas until January 8, 2012.
***Household applicancesWill be accepted free of charge at the landfill site but please remember that all refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning units and dehumidifiers must have refrigerant removed and must be tagged by a certified technician prior to being brought to the landfill site. Any items that are not tagged shall be refused entry to the site.
Regular recycling collection
The blue boxes are collected on a weekly basis, the same as your garbage pick up day. Your blue box should be placed at the curb by 7 AM on your collection day.
Time to think INSIDE THE BLUE BOX
When your blue box is full, put it out beside your garbage on your regular garbage day. Recycling products do not require tags. Please secure recycling products on a windy day. The present contractor does not require you to sort your recycling.
To view you pick-up calendar, please refer to the calendar
Embrun village
Russell village
Your blue box is damaged or broken
It can be replaced by returning the old one to the Township office. Additional blue boxes can be purchased at the cost of $7.00 each.
TIPS & REMINDER
The products include corrugated cardboard, boxboard, mixed paper, newspapers, magazines, clean plastic bags, metal cans, all plastics with the numbers 1 to 7 printed on the bottom, bottles and jars, and foam containers, such as plates and cups. Packaging foam is not recyclable. In lieu of blue boxes, you may also use clear or blue plastic bags. Garbage bags are not recyclable.
Not certain about whether an item is recyclable or not or to get some tips and reminder on how to better recycle, please refer to this list, or visit www.blueboxmore.ca.
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Twice a year, in the Spring during the week of May 14 2012 and the Fall during the week of October 22 2012, the Township of Russell organises a Large Items collection. The curb side pick up for large items takes place on the same day as your regular garbage collection. The cost is $10 per item. Tags can be purchased at the Township offices or you may use 5 of your regular garbage tags per item.
You must call the municipal garage 613-443-5078 one week in advance to schedule your pick-up.
Twice a year, in Spring, Saturday June 2, 2012 and Fall, Saturday November 3, 2012 the Township of Russell organises a Leaf and Yard Waste collection.
The curb side leaf and yard waste collection is FREE. Yard waste must be packaged in paper bags or in reusable garbage containers and placed by the curbside by 7:00 am. Plastic bags will not be collected with the exception of the BIOSAK. Bundle and tie branches; length of branches should not exceed 1.2 m (4 feet) & 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter. Halloween pumpkins are accepted.
Recycle your batteries!National Cell Phone & Rechargeable Battery Recycling Program
The Township of Russell has joined a national program called Call2Recycle!™ that helps residents conveniently recycle their cell phones and portable rechargeable batteries.
The program provides residents with an easy way to recycle their old cell phones and used rechargeable batteries. Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion), and Small Sealed Lead* (Pb) are commonly found in cellular and cordless phones, laptop computers, cordless power tools, two-way radios, camcorders, remote control toys, and a variety of other portable electronic products. When the battery can no longer hold a charge, it can and should be recycled.
The average cell phone user has a total of 5 cordless electronic products in their possession. Consumers can simply drop off their used rechargeable battery and old cell phone at the participating location nearest them, and it will be collected for recycling.
Township of Russell are helping to make cell phone and rechargeable battery recycling a reality, and that’s great for the environment.
The Call2Recycle™ program has various recycling plans that collect old cell phones and used rechargeable batteries from retailers, businesses, communities, and public agencies.
*Portable rechargeable batteries weighing less than 2 lbs/1 Kg.
Drop-off locations:
- Township of Russell office, 717 Notre-Dame, Embrun
- La Source, 825 Notre-Dame, Embrun
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Recycle your electronics
Recycling electronics just got easier.
What products can I bring? 44 different types of home, office and portable electronics are accepted, including : amplifiers, audio and video players, cameras, cell phones, computers and peripherals, copiers, fax machines, monitors, pagers and PDAs, printers, radios, receivers, scanners, speakers, telephones and answering machines, tuners, turntables, televisions video projectors.
For information about products, visit recycleyourelectronics.ca
Right now you can bring your used electronics to :
- The Computer Dr, 778 Notre-Dame Street, Embrun, 613-443-3822
Please note that there will be a special event on April 27 and 28 2012 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rivière Castor Public school, located at 100 Maheu in Embrun
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