The Municipality of Ogden subscribes to a 5-Step Waste Management Program to promote the reduction of household waste sent to the landfill site by:
- Reducing at source
- Reusing
- Recycling
- Composting at home
- Participating in the compostable waste collection
Guide for Separating Residual Waste
COLLECTION SCHEDULE
ACCEPTABLE BINS FOR THE NEW AUTOMATED GARBAGE COLLECTION
We remind all citizens to please put their garbage containers out to the curb after 7 p.m. on the eve of the collection, and to use rigid, sealed containers rather than bags if the garbage is to be left out overnight. To help preserve our rural charm, we ask citizens to please store their garbage and recycling containers away from the road.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ÉCOCENTRE IN MAGOG
The Municipality of Ogden sells annual membership cards for the Écocentre in Magog for $26.47, valid from January 1st until December 31st. It is another option for bringing larger items to the centre. For more information, please contact the Town Hall.
COMPOSTING INFORMATION
To receive information (in the form of a PDF file) about the seminar on composting held in the fall of 2019 at Town Hall, please write to [email protected].
CENTRAL COLLECTION SITE
Residents on private roads who are not serviced by the door-to-door collections, as well as seasonal residents elsewhere in the Municipality, have the option of subscribing to the central collection site, which is an enclosed, locked area adjacent to the Town Hall where they may dispose of their household garbage, recycling, and organic waste.
The one-time subscription fee of $120 is payable at the Town Hall.
The cost for a lost key or an extra key is $50 per key.
The one-time subscription fee of $120 is payable at the Town Hall.
The cost for a lost key or an extra key is $50 per key.
HOW TO DISPOSE OF ITEMS WHICH ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY THE MUNICIPAL HOUSEHOLD WASTE COLLECTIONS:
Aggregates (rock, concrete (< 10cm/4 in.), brick or other granular substances: Accepted at the Écocentre.
Appliances: Please call our local metal recyclers, Mitchell Woodward and Nathalie Powers at 819-876-2356 to find out whether they might take it off your hands. Appliances may also be collected from your home by the Ressourcerie des Frontières, or taken to the Écocentre.
Asphalt shingles: Accepted at the Écocentre (a fee per ton applies for this type of waste).
Baby items: Ressourcerie des Frontières. Please put items 0-5 years together in bags marked "0-5".
Batteries (household, auto, tractor, truck, electrical appliance, etc.): Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection. The Ressourcerie des Frontières also accepts car batteries.
Bicycles: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Branches and prunings: Accepted at the Écocentre. Must be gathered and tied in bundles. (Hint: you might also consider burning them. Fire permits are available at the Municipal Office, free of charge.)
Cell phones: Are collected at the Town Hall on behalf of Fondation Mira. Please drop off during business hours. Cell phones are also accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Clothing and shoes: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Computer equipment: The Ressourcerie des Frontières will take them off your hands. Computers and peripherals are also accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Construction material (reusable): The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts reusable materials, such as doors, windows, sinks, toilets, heaters, electrical wire, wood, and metal.
Construction wood (painted, treated, melamine, veneer, etc.): Prohibited in the municipal collection and at the central site. Reusable construction wood is accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières. Otherwise, please see the Écocentre for details (a fee per ton is charged for this material).
Electronic and electric equipment: The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts all electronic and electric equipment, including small appliances. These may also be dropped off at the Écocentre or at the annual HHW collection.
Fabric: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Fluorescent bulbs and tubes: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Furniture, sofas, mattresses: Are no longer accepted by the municipal garbage collection. You must mandatorily call the Ressourcerie des Frontières to have such items collected from your home.
Grass clippings: Are accepted by the compostable waste collection only, as long as they are deposited in the green compostable waste bin distributed by the Municipality, in a 240-litre brown bin or in compostable paper bags. Are also accepted at the Écocentre.
Herbicides and insecticides: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Leaves: Are accepted by the compostable waste collection, as long as they are deposited in the green compostable waste bin distributed by the Municipality, in a 240-litre brown bin or in compostable paper bags. Are also accepted at the Écocentre.
Metal: Please call our local metal recyclers, Mitchell Woodward & Nathalie Powers at (819) 876-2356. Also accepted at the Ressourcerie des Frontières and the Écocentre.
Oils and filters: Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Other large items: The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts furniture, mattresses, boxsprings, barbecues, carpets, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, and water tanks.
Paint, stain, varnish: Old paints may be returned to A. Fluet & Fils (RONA) in Stanstead. They are also accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Pool chemicals: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Printer cartridges (ink, toner): Are collected at the Town Hall on behalf of Fondation Mira. Please drop off during business hours.
Propane gas tanks (empty): Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Smoke detectors: Accepted at the Écocentre.
Solvents: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Sports items: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Spray cans: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Tires: Tires without rims are accepted at the Town Hall during business hours.
Toys and games: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Appliances: Please call our local metal recyclers, Mitchell Woodward and Nathalie Powers at 819-876-2356 to find out whether they might take it off your hands. Appliances may also be collected from your home by the Ressourcerie des Frontières, or taken to the Écocentre.
Asphalt shingles: Accepted at the Écocentre (a fee per ton applies for this type of waste).
Baby items: Ressourcerie des Frontières. Please put items 0-5 years together in bags marked "0-5".
Batteries (household, auto, tractor, truck, electrical appliance, etc.): Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection. The Ressourcerie des Frontières also accepts car batteries.
Bicycles: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Branches and prunings: Accepted at the Écocentre. Must be gathered and tied in bundles. (Hint: you might also consider burning them. Fire permits are available at the Municipal Office, free of charge.)
Cell phones: Are collected at the Town Hall on behalf of Fondation Mira. Please drop off during business hours. Cell phones are also accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Clothing and shoes: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Computer equipment: The Ressourcerie des Frontières will take them off your hands. Computers and peripherals are also accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Construction material (reusable): The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts reusable materials, such as doors, windows, sinks, toilets, heaters, electrical wire, wood, and metal.
Construction wood (painted, treated, melamine, veneer, etc.): Prohibited in the municipal collection and at the central site. Reusable construction wood is accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières. Otherwise, please see the Écocentre for details (a fee per ton is charged for this material).
Electronic and electric equipment: The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts all electronic and electric equipment, including small appliances. These may also be dropped off at the Écocentre or at the annual HHW collection.
Fabric: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Fluorescent bulbs and tubes: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Furniture, sofas, mattresses: Are no longer accepted by the municipal garbage collection. You must mandatorily call the Ressourcerie des Frontières to have such items collected from your home.
Grass clippings: Are accepted by the compostable waste collection only, as long as they are deposited in the green compostable waste bin distributed by the Municipality, in a 240-litre brown bin or in compostable paper bags. Are also accepted at the Écocentre.
Herbicides and insecticides: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Leaves: Are accepted by the compostable waste collection, as long as they are deposited in the green compostable waste bin distributed by the Municipality, in a 240-litre brown bin or in compostable paper bags. Are also accepted at the Écocentre.
Metal: Please call our local metal recyclers, Mitchell Woodward & Nathalie Powers at (819) 876-2356. Also accepted at the Ressourcerie des Frontières and the Écocentre.
Oils and filters: Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Other large items: The Ressourcerie des Frontières accepts furniture, mattresses, boxsprings, barbecues, carpets, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, and water tanks.
Paint, stain, varnish: Old paints may be returned to A. Fluet & Fils (RONA) in Stanstead. They are also accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Pool chemicals: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Printer cartridges (ink, toner): Are collected at the Town Hall on behalf of Fondation Mira. Please drop off during business hours.
Propane gas tanks (empty): Accepted at the Écocentre and at the annual HHW collection.
Smoke detectors: Accepted at the Écocentre.
Solvents: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Sports items: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Spray cans: Accepted at the annual HHW collection.
Tires: Tires without rims are accepted at the Town Hall during business hours.
Toys and games: Accepted by the Ressourcerie des Frontières.
Écocentre
The Régie intermunicipale de gestion des déchets solides de la région de Coaticook, whose members include Ogden, operates an Écocentre located in Coaticook (Barnston sector).
The Écocentre collects materials which may be recycled or reused, but which are not accepted by the regular waste collections, thus diverging them away from the landfill site. The useful life of our landfill site is prolonged, our garbage taxes are stabilised, and we help to better our environment.
The Écocentre collects materials which may be recycled or reused, but which are not accepted by the regular waste collections, thus diverging them away from the landfill site. The useful life of our landfill site is prolonged, our garbage taxes are stabilised, and we help to better our environment.
RESSOURCERIE DES FRONTIÈRES
As of May 1st 2012, big garbage (household appliances, furniture, etc.) is no longer be accepted by the regular household waste collection.
Indeed, the Municipality has concluded an agreement with the Ressourcerie des Frontières, who will take over the collection of big garbage and other items from your home. The Ressourcerie des Frontières is a social economy entreprise dedicated to the salvage of objects, which are traditionally sent to the landfill site for burial. Salvageable items will be cleaned and repaired and then put up for sale in the Ressourcerie store, while unsalvageable objects will be taken apart and sold to recyclers. The Ressourcerie will create about ten new jobs and hopes to divert over 300 tons of waste per year away from the landfill site, the equivalent of about 30 garbage trucks.
Objects accepted by the Ressourcerie:
Household appliances: Refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, freezers, etc.
Electronic and computer equipment: Computers, cell phones, televisions, video cassette recorders, printers, etc.
Furniture, sofas, mattresses, boxsprings
Fabric, clothing and shoes
Baby items: Please group all items 0-5 years in bags marked "0-5".
Small items: Tools, games, toys, books, CDs, dishes, trinkets, lamps, mirrors, jewelry, etc.
Bicycles and sports equipment
Reusable construction materials: Doors, windows, sinks, toilets, heaters, electrical wire, and other recyclable material, such as wood and metal.
Car batteries
Other large items: Carpets, barbecues, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, hot water tanks, etc.
To schedule a pick-up:
You may also take your objects directly to the Ressourcerie store at 177 Cutting Street in Coaticook, during opening hours only (Monday to Friday from, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Indeed, the Municipality has concluded an agreement with the Ressourcerie des Frontières, who will take over the collection of big garbage and other items from your home. The Ressourcerie des Frontières is a social economy entreprise dedicated to the salvage of objects, which are traditionally sent to the landfill site for burial. Salvageable items will be cleaned and repaired and then put up for sale in the Ressourcerie store, while unsalvageable objects will be taken apart and sold to recyclers. The Ressourcerie will create about ten new jobs and hopes to divert over 300 tons of waste per year away from the landfill site, the equivalent of about 30 garbage trucks.
Objects accepted by the Ressourcerie:
Household appliances: Refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, freezers, etc.
Electronic and computer equipment: Computers, cell phones, televisions, video cassette recorders, printers, etc.
Furniture, sofas, mattresses, boxsprings
Fabric, clothing and shoes
Baby items: Please group all items 0-5 years in bags marked "0-5".
Small items: Tools, games, toys, books, CDs, dishes, trinkets, lamps, mirrors, jewelry, etc.
Bicycles and sports equipment
Reusable construction materials: Doors, windows, sinks, toilets, heaters, electrical wire, and other recyclable material, such as wood and metal.
Car batteries
Other large items: Carpets, barbecues, dehumidifiers, air conditioners, hot water tanks, etc.
To schedule a pick-up:
- Contact the Ressourcerie team by phone, toll free, at 1-855-804-1018 or at [email protected] to apprise them of the types of objects you wish to have collected and give them your contact information (name, address, phone number);
- The items will be collected from your home within 3 weeks (the date will be confirmed the day before by phone).
You may also take your objects directly to the Ressourcerie store at 177 Cutting Street in Coaticook, during opening hours only (Monday to Friday from, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
OGDEN MOBILE ECOCENTRE
DATE: Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
LOCATION: Ogden Town Hall, 70 Ogden Road
The Mobile Ecocentre is dedicated to the recovery of materials. There will be a truck from Ressourcerie des FronMères to collect recyclable or resale items and materials. There will also be containers for the recovery of wood, metal and for waste that cannot be recovered.
At the site, you will have to deposit your materials in the containers. Volunteers will direct you to the appropriate location.
Read more about this (pdf)
Composting at home
Being a rural community, the Municipality of Ogden naturally encourages its citizens to compost vegetable matter at home as a way to reduce output of household waste and to enrich both flower beds and vegetable gardens at the same time. Because it does not incur any costs to the Municipality, residential composting is a proven means to stave off garbage tax hikes while making plants happy. The Compost Council of Canada website http://www.compost.org contains a lot of useful information on the subject.
