Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve changes to weekly trash pickup in summer
Posted January 21, 2026 10:04 am.
Last Updated January 21, 2026 11:08 am.
The borough of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve announced it will switch to a weekly trash collection schedule in the summer months.
In a press release Wednesday, the borough said it will increase the frequency of waste collection from once every two weeks to a weekly schedule, between May 1 to Oct. 31. The biweekly schedule will be maintained Nov. 1 to April 30.
With the change, borough Mayor Chantal Gagnon said her party was keeping its election promise.
“The cleanliness of our city is a priority,” Gagnon said. “Our administration is fulfilling its commitment to provide all citizens with a clean and welcoming borough.”
The borough switched to a biweekly garbage collection schedule in November 2024, as part of a city-wide strategy to reduce the burden on sorting centres. At the time, residents and community organizations criticized the measures claiming the streets were “littered with garbage.”
The criticism led top mayoral candidates in last fall’s municipal elections — Projet Montréal’s Luc Rabouin and Ensemble Montréal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada — to drop the City’s plans to switch to a biweekly schedule and reverse course in the boroughs where it was implemented.
The borough will also encourage residents to participate in food waste collection and to adopt better practices to reduce waste sent to landfill.
A collection schedule will be shared to increase participation, the borough said.
