10, 20 and 40 Cubic Yard
Dumpster Rental in Saint-Blaise-sur-Richelieu

Not for the dumpster itself, if it sits entirely on your land. We word it carefully because the conclusion comes from an absence of provision: the word “conteneur” does not appear in permit and certificate by-law 539-23, its closed list of twenty-three certificates of authorization covers no such case, and fee by-law 434-13 sets no charge of that kind. The job site, however, often does need a certificate: repairing or renovating, demolishing, altering an opening, changing the exterior cladding, cutting or filling. The only exemption covers “minor repair work involving no change to the structure, nature or shape of the building” whose value does not exceed $10,000. In doubt? The town answers at 450 291-5944, and its “Permis ou certificats” page asks you to fill in the online form before speaking to the inspector.

Yes, and it is written in plain terms. Section 13.5 of construction by-law 538-23, headed “Conteneur à rebuts”, reads: “Throughout the construction, alteration or demolition period, the person responsible for the work must have a dumpster installed on the lot to collect construction or demolition waste.” Three neighbouring sections close the system: burning materials is prohibited (s. 13.4); burning or burying demolition rubble is prohibited, and it “must be hauled to a site authorized for that purpose” (s. 14.2); and the lot must be cleaned up afterwards, excavations filled and covered with at least 15 cm of topsoil (s. 14.4). In Saint-Blaise the dumpster is not a convenience: it is what makes a job site compliant.

No, unless it is authorized in writing. Section 13.1 of the construction by-law is blunt: “No one may use a public road in connection with work before obtaining written authorization from the municipal and building inspector”. And that authorization comes with heavy conditions: one third of the roadway at most, trestle or barrier marking by day, lights approved by the inspector at night, sidewalks clear at all times, a full clean-up within two weeks of the end of the work, and a liability insurance policy kept in force throughout the occupancy. Outside such work, no procedure exists. The simplest argument is the one the town already applies to your bins: “ON COLLECTION DAYS, YOUR BINS MUST BE PLACED ON YOUR OWN LOT AT ALL TIMES.” The dumpster, all the more so.

It is the question we hear most here, and the answer comes in two parts. First, gravel is perfectly legal in Saint-Blaise: zoning expressly allows “gravel, crushed stone, asphalt, concrete, concrete pavers, stone pavers” for an access lane or a parking area (by-law 546-23, s. 17.4 3°), provided it is properly drained and raises neither dust nor mud (s. 17.7). That is the opposite of a town like Rosemère, which prohibits “¾ gravel or similar non-decorative material” in parking areas. Second, every one of our dumpsters arrives with the PROTEC-O-SOL system, built-in planks that spread the load instead of concentrating it — included, nothing to supply. Saint-Blaise soils are described in the environmental policy as marine clay and silt deposits that hold water strongly: so when you book, simply tell us what the lane is made of and how it has drained since the last rain. That is what settles the exact spot where the box comes down.

For a car trunk, yes. For a job site, no, and Compo-Haut-Richelieu's own arithmetic makes the case. A resident of a member municipality gets “3 free visits (75 cu. ft.) per calendar year per address” — 225 cu. ft. in all, about 8.3 cubic yards. A single 10-yard dumpster holds 270 cu. ft.: on its own it exceeds a full year's free quota. A 20 yard holds 540, a 40 yard 1,080. Add that concrete, asphalt, brick and stone are accepted only in loads of 75 cu. ft. maximum, unloaded by hand, that “use of the tipping mechanism is prohibited, under penalty of a financial sanction and loss of access”, and that soil, peat and sand are refused to every user. One detail that matters: there is no drop-off centre in Saint-Blaise at all, the nearest ones being in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu.

Partly, and the rules are precise. Contractors are accepted at the Iberville and Lacolle centres at all times, at Saint-Luc except on Saturday, and the Saint-Rémi centre is not open to them at all. “Contractor” rates apply at all times to company vehicles and trailers, and “a user may not show up with their contractor (registered or not) and benefit from their free visits”. Tipping is prohibited, dump trucks with six wheels or more are too, and concrete and asphalt are unloaded by hand, 75 cu. ft. at a time. Compo draws the conclusion itself on its “Quoi apporter aux écocentres” page: beyond that volume, or to unload by tipping, it refers you to private companies. That is exactly the service we provide.

That is the constraint specific to Saint-Blaise, and it gets settled on the phone. The town “has no water main system” at all: “every home, business and institution is therefore supplied by an artesian well”, its environmental policy states, adding that some wells run dry during the summer. Outside the village there is no sewer either. Every lot therefore carries its own well head and septic installation, and a loaded dumpster has no business on either. Two more roadside landmarks: the 911 marker, the post-mounted plate the town installs, which must stay easy to spot from the travelled way at all times (by-law 549-24, s. 6), and the ditch, where any intervention other than the town's own is “formally prohibited” (by-law 478-17, s. 3). Point those out when you book: the spot is chosen before the truck leaves.

The Saint-Blaise window is wide. Noise by-law 469-17 forbids carrying out excavation, construction, mechanical, repair or demolition work with a noisy device between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. without special authorization (s. 4), and forbids using any noisy device between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. (s. 9) — with no separate restriction for Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. A Saturday morning delivery or pickup therefore runs into no local time restriction. Section 3 still stands: “excessive and unusual” noise liable to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighbourhood remains prohibited, and devices “must be in good working order and fitted with special devices intended to dampen noise”. Our drivers work inside that window and avoid the horn, “always prohibited when the vehicle is parked on public or private property” (s. 12).