Montreal·Podcast

Do Montrealers have a garbage problem?

Ripped open bags, bad smells, even roving rodents. From Milton-Parc to Mercier, residents share their frustrations and their solutions for better garbage pickup.
An overflowing garbage bin
Overflowing public trash bins, litter on the street, rats tearing open garbage bags: waste management is a source of many questions for Montrealers. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)

Ripped open bags, bad smells, even roving rodents.

From Milton-Parc to Mercier, residents share their frustrations and their solutions for better garbage pickup. And This is Montreal host Ainslie MacLellan gets the real dirt on trash collection from a longtime garbage man, who shares which habits we should be breaking when we put our bags and bins to the curb.

LISTEN | Do Montrealers have a garbage problem?
Ripped open bags, bad smells, even roving rodents: from Milton Park to Mercier, residents share their frustrations and their solutions for better garbage pickup. And Ainslie MacLellan gets the real dirt on trash collection from a longtime garbage collector, who shares which habits we should be breaking when we put our bags and bins to the curb.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ainslie MacLellan is a journalist at CBC Montreal. Follow her on Twitter: @CBCAinslie.