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Place the bins at the side of the road 24 hours in advance

le mercredi 18 mars 2020
Modifié à 15 h 01 min le 18 mars 2020
Par Michel Thibault

mthibault@gravitemedia.com

Citizens from all over the region must from now on place their brown, blue and green bins beside the road 24 hours before the collection. Translation Dan Rosenburg This measure seeks to limit the risks linked to the COVID-19 for garbage collectors, specify the Beauharnois-Salaberry and De Roussillon MRCs, who manage the residual materials on the Chateauguay Soleil territory. . The coronavirus lives for several hours on certain surfaces and the collections are not totally automatic. ‘’Certain trucks are semi-automated and thus necessitate a manipulation by the collectors. ‘’Even during the automated collections, the manipulation of the bins by the collection teams and the inspectors is possible,’’ specify the MRCs.