Recycling bin: standards to be checked

In many Québec municipalities, the recycling bin remains the city’s property at the address to which it was delivered. Therefore, when you engage in a transaction for the sale of an immovable, a sound practice is to invite the seller to check the standards in this regard with his municipality and remind him, if necessary, that the recycling bin must remain on site at the time of moving. In this way, the buyer will not have to pay to get another bin that meets the regulations of the municipality concerned. In addition, if a seller brings with him his bin to another municipality, the latter may refuse the recycling collection on the ground that the bin is not compliant.