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Wildly abandoned debris near donation centers and on the street

Quebecers who moved on Wednesday savagely abandoned their old furniture and other unwanted objects at the doors of donation centers or down the street.

“It’s madness in donation centers,” says Laura Manole, manager of the Donation Center in Longueuil with resigned laughter.

From one year to the next, the period of moves is similar.

“In the morning, there are furniture and appliances hanging around the door. We try to get everything in the day. Then, when it closes, the objects start to accumulate again, ”she explains.

The newspaper also noticed that passers-by searched a pile of objects blocking the closed door of the Values ​​Village in Longueuil.

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photo-wrapper"> Garbage bags and pieces of furniture littered the front of a building in the Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal.

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Garbage bags and pieces of furniture littered the front of a building in the Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie borough of Montreal.


Many donation boxes were overflowing and people still left objects around.

“People put anything by the boxes. They take them for trash. For example, we do not accept furniture and appliances, but that does not prevent some from leaving them aside, “confirms the administrative director at Le Support, Alain Mongrain, adding that this period of moving is” worse »Than usual.

Others have disposed of their old objects and left them on the street. Certain scenes were particularly striking in Montreal, observed The newspaper.

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photo-wrapper"> Garbage on the sidewalk in Montreal.

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Garbage on the sidewalk in Montreal.


Mattresses, armchairs, boxes, trash bags and even televisions littered the sidewalk in several places in the Parc-Extension district, known for its low-cost housing.

Charles-Loïc Danan, chief marketing officer at Corbeil, warns of the environmental consequences of abandoned refrigerators.

“They contain an extremely polluting gas. When the scrap dealers pick them up, it is only for metals while companies, such as PureSphera, are specialized in collecting refrigeration and air conditioning equipment while destroying their harmful gases. “

– With Elsa Iskander and Guillaume Pelletier, QMI Agency

City dwellers leave about 60,000 tonnes of debris on the streets each year during the moving period.

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