The Corporation of Quebec Property Owners (CORPIQ) is asking the City of Sherbrooke to reintroduce a systematic collection of bulky waste, not by appointment, in the days following July 1.

Less than a week after July 1, the facade of many apartment buildings in Sherbrooke are littered with furniture, sofas, mattresses, and all kinds of debris. Since 2020, the City no longer does systematic collection, citizens must make an appointment. When tenants leave their trash on the road without notifying the City, it becomes the owner's responsibility.

"This is an issue raised by many of our members in Sherbrooke for three years," says CORPIQ's director of public affairs, Marc-André Plante. “The owners suggest that the City reintroduce a collection in the streets of neighborhoods mainly composed of rental buildings following the moving period. For the new tenants and the neighborhood, it would be more pleasant than seeing scraps for weeks.”

Mayor Évelyne Beaudin judges that the new way of doing things is working well: "And we must also remember that we had abandoned systematic collection because we couldn't find a supplier to do it, and we can think that with the current labor shortage would be the same today.”

Citizens are invited to plan a collection on the Ville de Sherbrooke website or by calling 819-823-8000. "It's very efficient and fast," notes the head of the roads division, Carlo Cazzaro. The delay is at most five to seven days between the day between the appointment and the collection.