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5 Easy Steps to Plan Your Trip
- Check the hours and decide which location is most convenient
- Look over the acceptable items list
- At arrival let attendant know what items you are dropping off
- Based on items they will determine if there is any fee for disposal
- The attendant will let you know where to unload your items
Vehicle Size Restrictions
Maximum vehicle size: 1 tonne
Maximum trailer length: 3 metres
Eco Station Fees - 2019
Eco Station fees as of January 1, 2019.
Eco Station Fees
Partial load: $28 per load
Eco Stations are convenient waste drop-off facilities where you can bring electronics and household hazardous waste like paint, batteries and lights bulbs, and anything that does not belong in your garbage.
Payment options
Cash, Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Interac.
Small items: $8 each
Chairs or comparable volume
Large items: $16 each
Mattress, box spring, sofa or comparable volume
Items requiring CFC removal: $16 each
Fridge, freezer, air conditioner
Loose waste or mixed load
Partial load: $28 per load
Level half-tonne: $38 per load
Heaping half-tonne: $48 per load
Cube van: subject to viewing
Mixed brush, tree trimmings, garden waste, soil / gravel, lumber, concrete pieces, wood or vinyl siding, shingles, windows, fencing
Eco Station attendants have final say about the acceptability of items and the charges applied to each load.
Eco Stations DO NOT accept
Commercial hazardous waste
Commercial biomedical waste
Radioactive waste
Pressurized gases
The following items should be taken to your community police station.
Please call 780-423-4567 first.
Explosives
Munitions
Fireworks
Free Drop-off
Automotive
Motor oil, antifreeze, gas, diesel, oil filters, batteries and parts, tires (passenger car and truck, motorcycle and ATV tires only)
Corrosive/poisonous cleaners
Bleach, drain, toilet and oven cleaners
Electronics and appliances
Anything with a cord or a battery, computers/TVs (maximum 20 monitors per visit), lawnmowers, power tools, stoves, washing machines Lawn and garden: herbicides, pesticides, fertilizer
Lighting
All light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and lighting fixtures
Commercial fee for light bulbs: $1 per tube and 50 cents per CFC
Paint/Stains
Empty or full cans (including aerosols) thinner, turpentine, varnish
Recyclables (clean)
Newspaper, metal cans, plastic bags
Reuse Centre Materials
Acceptable material only
Scrap Metal
BBQs, bicycles, rebar
Tires
Only tires managed under the Provincial Tire Recycling Program will be accepted from residential customers
Yard Waste
Grass, leaf and yard waste (loose or in paper bags) will be accepted for free from residential customers
Please note that sod, loads of mixed brush and tree trimmings, soil, etc. are subject to charges. See "Loose Waste or Mixed Load" for pricing information.
Other
Batteries (all kinds), aerosol cans, propane tanks or bottles, fire extinguishers, syringes, glue
Free Mulch
Dependent on supply, free mulch is available at the Ambleside and Kennedale Eco Stations. Visit the Free Mulch Program page to learn more or to check availability.
