Beaconsfield cuts garbage production by 36%

The Cityof Beaconsfield has managed to slash its garbage production by 36per centin less than a month.

Residents pay an annual fee for garbage pickups. Since January,each household also paysa small fee every time their garbage bin is emptied based on the size of their bin and volume of waste.

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"When the truck goes around, only half the bins of residents are out, meaning that residents are putting their bins out every other week," said city councillorKarenMessier.

The change has helped reduce Beaconsfield's waste production since January.

"Each time the truck comes by and the bin is lifted by the automatic arm, there's a chip inside and that registers as a collection," Messier said.

The fee varies according to the size of the bin. Residents are chargedanywhere from 40 cents to $1.20 for every pickup.