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

No — and for once it is not a conclusion drawn from a by-law's silence. The official table of permit and certificate by-law 8-2011 (s. 27) classes the “Conteneur à déchets” (waste dumpster) in the NONE column: no permit, no certificate. The fee schedule (s. 73) repeats the same entry: no fee. The job site, however, often needs a permit: starting work before it is issued is forbidden (s. 21), and only minor maintenance work under $5,000 — touching neither foundations, structure, floor area nor the number of dwellings, and outside any P.I.I.A. review — is exempt (s. 30). In doubt? Planning department, 450 584-2258, extension 102.

Yes, and the municipality writes it twice rather than once. Construction by-law 5-2011 (s. 69): “for any construction or demolition project, the owner or the person carrying out the work must obtain a dumpster to collect the construction or demolition debris”. And by-law 8-2011 (s. 21, 4°) commits the permit applicant to “install a waste dumpster with a minimum capacity of 5.6 cubic metres”, where required, extension projects included. It is one of the rare municipalities to write a minimum dumpster volume into its by-law: 5.6 m³ ≈ 7.3 cubic yards, so our 10 yard box (7.6 m³) is the first compliant size. Conversely, leaving debris lying on the lot lets the municipality have it cleaned “at the owner's cost and expense” (s. 68).

During work, it is provided for — and the certificate costs nothing. The by-law 8-2011 table classes “use of a traffic lane during construction work” as a certificate of authorization, and the fee schedule sets that certificate at no charge. The conditions of zoning section 95 apply: at most one third of the width of the lane, signal lights lit from sunset to sunrise, everything removed within 3 days of the end of the work. Honest caveat: the section caps deposits at 1.80 metres in height — lower than a 20 yard dumpster — and what it covers exactly for a roll-off is checked with the planning department before any promise. Outside work, G4-2025 (s. 16) prohibits obstructing the public way with objects “of any nature whatsoever”, and in winter overnight street parking is banned from November 1 to April 1. The driveway remains the best spot — that is where we deliver.

For a car trunk, yes — but it is not in Saint-Marc. The MRC's regional drop-off centre is at 60 Rue Fisher in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, on the other side of the river. Construction materials, bulky items, granular materials and green waste are capped there at 12 m³ a year free of charge, then $2.50 per 0.1 m³; only passenger cars and pickups are admitted, with a non-tipping trailer, the whole rig under 7.5 m (25 feet); you unload everything yourself, engine off; and in winter it opens only Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Volume landmarks: a 10 yard box holds 7.6 m³, a 20 yard 15.3 m³, a 40 yard 30.6 m³ — the entire annual quota (12 m³) fits inside a single 20 yard box.

No, and the MRC writes it twice. First: “industries, businesses and institutions not authorized”. Then: “contractors and materials from commercial activities are not accepted”, and “lettered trucks are not allowed” on the site — except with prior authorization issued by the MRCVR to a citizen hauling materials from their own home, to be validated with Info-collectes (450 464-4636) before the visit. For a Saint-Marc job site, the dumpster is not a convenient shortcut: it is the only route left — and the one the municipal by-laws require anyway on any construction or demolition project.

It is the most tightly closed case on the territory. The garbage bin refuses “dry materials (soil, sand, gravel, rock)” by name — and Saint-Marc's 2026 calendar allows only one wheeled bin per address anyway. The bulky waste collection, by reservation only, refuses the same materials. And soil is not on the regional drop-off centre's accepted-materials list: its page offers soil “to give away” instead. No municipal route found, in short — which is exactly why we deliver a dumpster reserved for soil, rock and sod, relevant here where the municipality supports a septic system upgrade program: every replaced septic bed means excavation soil to haul out.

It is the right question in a village of “belles résidences ancestrales” — the words are from the municipality's own Portrait page — built on a “bluish clay subsoil left behind by the ancient Champlain Sea”. Waterlogged clay bears weight poorly, at spring thaw as after a heavy rain. Every one of our dumpsters is delivered with the PROTEC-O-SOL system: built-in planks that spread the load and protect asphalt, pavers or gravel. Nothing to supply, nothing extra to pay. Our drivers' tip for full protection: lay four flattened cardboard boxes, or a thin sheet of plywood, on the chosen spot before the truck arrives.