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Waste Collection & Hauling
Evergreen Regional Waste Management Commission

Under the direction and guidance of Alberta Environment, the municipalities within the County of St. Paul and Smoky Lake County including:  Towns of Elk Point, St. Paul, Smoky Lake and Villages of Vilna, and Waskatenau formed the Evergreen Regional Waste Management Commission to develop an environmentally responsible approach to managing our waste.

Smoky Lake County purchased a new waste collection truck at a cost of $239,000. This truck will be loading and weighing waste at each transfer sites and hauling it to the Regional Waste Site located southeast of Lafond, near St. Paul.

LANDFILLS AND WASTE TRANSFER SITES
Smoky Lake Transfer site is located along the Iron Horse Trail about - 5 km northeast of the Town of Smoky Lake – Range Road 171A. Now through out the County – small fenced waste transfer sites have been located at the different subdivisions and at some of the more populated lake subdivisions. These facilities are for the use of household waste only.

Signs have been installed to advise residents on what can and cannot be dropped in the bins. Please use the larger transfer site for other wastes. Bins will be emptied on a weekly basis or as required.

OPERATION GUIDELINES: All transfer sites will accept the following waste (Except Warspite and all the subdivision and lake sites)

• General household waste
• Metal, stoves, fridges, freezers, etc.
• Plastic oil jugs/oil/filters
• Plastic milk containers
• Paint/paint cans
• Wood and burnables, branches, etc.
• Grass clippings/garden waste
• Tires
• Plastic bale twine/bale wrap
• Electronic waste/TVs, computers, printers, etc.
• Propane tanks
• Batteries (vehicles)
• Shingles, building material, wood, concrete, drywall
• All inert material, tree roots, mattresses, beds, furniture

Herbicide and pesticide containers: Smoky Lake, Vilna and Spedden.

Sewage: can be dumped at Warspite & Bellis lagoons.

NO SITES WILL ACCEPT:  

• Deceased animals                               
• Oilfield waste
• Hazardous waste             
• Vehicle bodies

Rates for disposal

• ½ ton - $   7.50
• 1ton - $ 15.00
• Tandem (10 yards) - $ 25.00
• End dump (20 yards) - $ 50.00
• Roll-off bins (over 20 yards) - $ 75.00

Commercial Demolition Material

Regional Site Transfer Station                                        

• Shingles - $ 10/tonne
• Cement - $ 10/tonne
• General Demolition - $ 20/tonne

Fridges & Freezers:   $ 20.00
Hydrocarbon & Oilfield Waste (if accepted): $ 15.00/tonne

No Fee Disposals

• Appliances (stoves, washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves, hot water tanks, barbeques)
• Household and office furniture (tables & chairs, couches, mattresses and desks, TV’s, stereos, computers)
• Unbagged leaves, grass, garden waste for composting
• Salvageable Scrap Metal
• Burnable Materials
• Tires
• Trees, Shrubs
• Wet Batteries (cars)
• Dry Batteries (Dry Cell

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Landfill Hours of Operation 9am to 5pm