Comptoir Recyc-Dons operates out of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, a town in the Therese-De Blainville area north of Montreal, as a nonprofit social economy enterprise built around a single idea: donated goods should get a second life through resale rather than ending up in a landfill. The stores shelves fill with a broad mix of household castoffs turned retail stock, including clothing and shoes, kitchenware, small electronics, sporting goods, tools, books, toys, and baby items, all sourced from community donations and resold at prices well below what new equivalents would cost. Shopping hours run Tuesday through Saturday from 10 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, with Thursday extended to 7 in the evening for anyone who cannot make it in during a standard weekday. Donations are accepted on an even broader schedule: Mondays from noon to 4, Tuesday through Saturday from 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, and again with a Thursday extension to 7 at night, giving donors several ways to fit a drop off around work and family schedules. The organization also offers home pickup and delivery service, a meaningful convenience for anyone donating bulkier furniture or appliances that would be difficult to transport themselves, or for customers who need a purchased item brought to their door. What separates Recyc-Dons from a purely transactional secondhand shop is its dual certification and its role as a community employer. The organization holds 3RV+E certification, tied to the reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, and eliminate waste hierarchy commonly used in Quebecs environmental sector, along with ARPE certification, both signaling that its reuse and recycling practices meet recognized third party environmental standards rather than simply claiming to be green. On the employment side, Recyc-Dons runs volunteer and internship programs and has a track record of moving people from volunteer roles into paid staff positions, functioning as a small but real stepping stone into steady work for people in its community, alongside its core mission of diverting usable goods from waste streams. The organization frames its work explicitly around community involvement, describing itself as engaged with the people and needs around it rather than operating as an anonymous drop off point, and it backs that framing with practical outreach: environmental workshops and programming aimed at schools, connecting the reuse mission to education for younger residents of the area. Payment at the store is straightforward for modern shoppers, with Interac debit and major credit cards like Mastercard accepted alongside cash, removing a common friction point at smaller nonprofit thrift operations that sometimes only take cash. Reachable by phone at 450-838-9954 or by email, Comptoir Recyc-Dons gives residents of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines and the surrounding area a place to both donate unwanted household goods and shop affordably for clothing, kitchen items, tools, books, and more, all while supporting a certified environmental and social economy organization that reinvests its activity into local jobs, school outreach, and measurable waste diversion. In one line, Comptoir Recyc-Dons is a certified nonprofit reuse store in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines that turns community donations into affordable retail goods while training and employing local workers.
Comptoir Recyc-Dons
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Comptoir Recyc-Dons operates out of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, a town in the Therese-De Blainville area north of Montreal, as a nonprofit social economy enterprise built around a single idea: donated goods should get a second life through resale rather than ending up in a landfill. The stores shelves fill with a broad mix of household castoffs turned retail stock, including clothing and shoes, kitchenware, small electronics, sporting goods, tools, books, toys, and baby items, all sourced from community donations and resold at prices well below what new equivalents would cost. Shopping hours run Tuesday through Saturday from 10 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, with Thursday extended to 7 in the evening for anyone who cannot make it in during a standard weekday. Donations are accepted on an even broader schedule: Mondays from noon to 4, Tuesday through Saturday from 9 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, and again with a Thursday extension to 7 at night, giving donors several ways to fit a drop off around work and family schedules. The organization also offers home pickup and delivery service, a meaningful convenience for anyone donating bulkier furniture or appliances that would be difficult to transport themselves, or for customers who need a purchased item brought to their door. What separates Recyc-Dons from a purely transactional secondhand shop is its dual certification and its role as a community employer. The organization holds 3RV+E certification, tied to the reduce, reuse, recycle, recover, and eliminate waste hierarchy commonly used in Quebecs environmental sector, along with ARPE certification, both signaling that its reuse and recycling practices meet recognized third party environmental standards rather than simply claiming to be green. On the employment side, Recyc-Dons runs volunteer and internship programs and has a track record of moving people from volunteer roles into paid staff positions, functioning as a small but real stepping stone into steady work for people in its community, alongside its core mission of diverting usable goods from waste streams. The organization frames its work explicitly around community involvement, describing itself as engaged with the people and needs around it rather than operating as an anonymous drop off point, and it backs that framing with practical outreach: environmental workshops and programming aimed at schools, connecting the reuse mission to education for younger residents of the area. Payment at the store is straightforward for modern shoppers, with Interac debit and major credit cards like Mastercard accepted alongside cash, removing a common friction point at smaller nonprofit thrift operations that sometimes only take cash. Reachable by phone at 450-838-9954 or by email, Comptoir Recyc-Dons gives residents of Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines and the surrounding area a place to both donate unwanted household goods and shop affordably for clothing, kitchen items, tools, books, and more, all while supporting a certified environmental and social economy organization that reinvests its activity into local jobs, school outreach, and measurable waste diversion. In one line, Comptoir Recyc-Dons is a certified nonprofit reuse store in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines that turns community donations into affordable retail goods while training and employing local workers.
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