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New 2024 residual matter collection schedule
Please note that the new 2024 residual matter collection schedule is in effect since the beginning of the year.
JOB OFFER : First Responders
SAVE LIVES!
The ARUNDEL FIRST RESPONDERS SERVICE, serving the municipalities of Arundel, Barkmere, Huberdeau and Montcalm, is looking for candidates to join its team of first responders.
SUMMARY OF TASKS
Reporting to the Arundel First Responder Service Director, the first responder provides basic medical support during medical emergencies. The duties of this position include:
- Respond to emergency calls as available;
- Participate actively in training exercises;
- Perform all other job-related tasks.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be 18 years of age or older;
- Have her/his principal residence on the territory served by the Arundel First Responders Service;
- Commit to completing 60 hours of first responder training;
- Meet physical and medical requirements;
- Possess a valid class 4A or 5* driver’s licence and a motor vehicle, or commit to obtaining them within 6 months of hiring. (*Class 5 accepted with commitment to acquire a class 4A.)
CONTACT US
819-429-0138
https://arundel.ca/en/services-municipaux-2/securite-publique/
Halloween 2022-2023 – BACK IN PICTURES
A look back on Halloween 2023 in photos
October 31, 2023 | You’re invited to Halloween activities, on October 31, 2023, at the Arundel Town Hall, located at 2, Village Street, Arundel, J0T 1A0. Come and meet us at the Town Hall during the open house, carve a pumpkin and light up Beaven Creek Park behind the Town Hall, and then stroll along the Great Walk of Horrors that wanders through the park and its recesses, filled with scares, surprises and spooky music. Chills guaranteed. Distribution of treats. All welcome!
Halloween 2022
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED – Arundel Municipal Library
URGENT : Arundel’s charming little municipal library is looking for volunteers for occasional help with customer service, book filing and other related tasks as needed.
Residual matters – Reminder: what goes (and doesn’t go) in your green, brown and black bins
What goes in your green, brown and black bins?
Here are some of the materials accepted in your green, brown and black bins (click on image to enlarge):
What doesn’t go in your green, brown and black bins?
Here are some other materials refused in the green bin (recycling):
The following materials are refused in the brown bin (organic matter):
- All plastic, biodegradable or compostable bags
- Metal, glass and wax paper
- Textiles (even with organic fibers)
- Vacuum cleaner dust
- Diapers and sanitary products
- Household hazardous waste (oil, paint, batteries)
- Large branches
- Invasive plants
Reminder and explanations from the Complexe environnemental de la Rouge (CER)* regarding certain materials in the brown bin
These materials should never be placed in the brown bin, for the following reasons:
- No invasive plants (Japanese knotweed, Giant hogweed, etc.): seeds may resist the composting process;
- No house dust or dryer lint: non-compostable synthetic fibers are found in dust or lint;
- No glass: glass shatters into very small pieces that damage composting site equipment, downgrade the compost quality of CER and increase the risks involved in using it;
- No compostable or biodegradable (plastic-type) bags: the government permit to operate the composting site does not allow the use of such bags (note that a paper bag is perfectly appropriate);
- No plastic of any kind (bags, film, trays, Styrofoam, etc.): these materials have to be unnecessarily sifted, sent to the landfill and degrade the quality of the CER compost.
(*The Complexe environnemental de la Rouge (CER), located in Rivière-Rouge, is where the contents of all our bins (black, green and brown) are delivered. To follow the CER (Website: https://www.cer.quebec/ and Facebook Page: https://www.cer.quebec/ The contents of the green (recycling) bin are then transferred to the Tricentris recycling center in Lachute. To follow Tricentris (website: https://www.tricentris.com/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/tricentris)
Non-compliant materials and bins
Here’s a list of materials that have been refused by the Complexe environnemental de la Rouge (CER)* collection trucks in 2022 and 2023. When these materials end up in the wrong bin, your bin will be deemed non-compliant and the collector may refuse to pick it up.
BROWN BIN (organic)(materials refused in the brown bin) |
GREEN BIN (recycling)(materials refused in the green bin) |
BLACK BIN(materials refused in the black bin) |
| Glass | Wood | Wood |
| Plastic bags | Diapers | Food residues |
| Compostable plastic containers | Long objects | Styrofoam |
| Compostable plastic bags | Black garbage bags | Aerosols |
| Diapers | Compostable plastic containers | Paint |
| etc. | Styrofoam | Building materials |
| Batteries | Recyclable materials | |
| Toys | etc. | |
| Clothing | ||
| Aerosols | ||
| Decorations (Xmas lighs, …) | ||
| etc. |
Let’s sort our bins at source, otherwise it contaminates the compost and recycling, and substantially increases the cost of landfill materials and our waste management in general.
In case of doubt, when a material doesn’t seem to go in any of these 3 bins, think of the ecocenter.
Or put them in the Voluntary Deposit bins for Styrofoam and special containers located at the municipal garage, at 60, Morisson Road, Arundel :
