Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill

Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill - Services Provided

Weighing scale

Note: All vehicles entering and exiting the Sanitary Landfill are weighed at the weigh scale by the scale house attendant. This allows the Authority to correctly determine the amount of waste deposited at the landfill. Based on the amount and type of waste deposited at the landfill, the appropriate tipping fees will be charged to users. (Scavenging is not allowed, as it is dangerous to scavengers and disruptive to landfill operations.)

Storage compound for empty pesticide containers

Note: The empty containers (which must be triple rinsed prior to acceptance to the landfill) are chipped twice per year (Spring and Fall) by a contractor. Any remaining traces of pesticides are drawn off of the chipped pesticide containers. These containers are then sent away for recycling. For more information, see the Alberta Environment Pesticide Factsheet.

Battery recycling compound

Note: The operator of the Sanitary Landfill is responsible for the proper recycling of these batteries. Part of the agreement between the landfill operator and the Authority is that proceeds from the recycling of these batteries are donated to the 2^nd Camrose United Scout Group.

Oil and empty oil container recycling compound


Overview of Site	Oil Drop-off location

Note: The landfill operator is responsible for the proper recycling of the waste oil. Contractors are hired to periodically remove the oil. It is then cleaned of its impurities and reused.

Large appliance and scrap metal recycling compound

			(Click here for metal recycling pictures)

Note: There are three main types of metals which are accepted at the Sanitary Landfill: scrap metal, general appliances and Freon-containing appliances. Scrap metal includes such things as car bodies and rolled animal fences. Scrap metal (plus appliances which do not contain Freon) can be disposed in the Sanitary Landfill, once the appropriate fees have been paid.

Appliances which contain Freon, including fridges, freezers and air conditioners, must have the Freon removed from them prior to acceptance to the landfill.

Most of the local refrigeration companies in Camrose are authorized to remove the Freon from your old appliances. Once the Freon is removed, your authorized refrigeration company will attach a sticker notifying the Sanitary Landfill that the Freon has been properly removed and disposed of. You need to have this sticker on your Freon-containing appliance prior to bringing it to the Sanitary Landfill - a surcharge applies if the sticker is not present.

When the volume of scrap metal reaches substantial levels, MCL (the landfill operator) contracts a company to crush the metal and truck it away for recycling. Click here to see pictures from the most recent metal recycling event. Although the metal from "white goods" (such as fridges and stoves) generates more income for metal recyclers than other metals, the operator (under its agreement with the Authority) is required to ensure that all scrap metals are sent away for the same degree of recycling. That way, all of the metal appliances in the landfill are recycled.

Tire recycling compound

Note: The Alberta Recycling Management Authority (an agency of the provincial government) is responsible for the proper recycling of old tires. Most often, these tires are picked up directly at automotive and tire retailers, rather than at the Sanitary Landfill. As a result of this on-site tire collection program, the number of tires actually being stockpiled at the Sanitary Landfill has dropped dramatically in the past few years.

Compost area for vegetative matter

Note: City residents have two options for composting:

Residents are encouraged to compost their own vegetable matter (such as grass clippings and apple cores). Compostable matter can be used in the garden as a natural fertilizer. Centra Cam Recycling Depot organizes composting workshops and constructs composters (for sale). Composting at home saves money for the user (by not having to buy fertilizers) and for the landfill (by slowing the speed by which the landfill fills up). Click here to link to Composting Homepage.

The other option for city residents not wishing to compost at home is to deposit their compostable matter (free from tree trimmings and other coarse material) into the designated area at Centra Cam Recycling Depot. The compost from this area is taken to the Sanitary Landfill.

Note: County residents are also encouraged to compost at home. The benefits for home composting are the same as for city residents: reduced fertilizer costs. The compost area at the landfill, although used primarily as a disposal area for grass clippings from Camrose parks (through Leisure Services), does accept debris-free compost from county residents. It is added to the compost collected at the Centra Cam Recycling Depot location and used as part of the final cover for the active site of the landfill.

Active landfill dumping area

Approaching active area from east (with the equipment shed in the foreground).
(Click here for an in depth look at the various techniques used at the Sanitary Landfill.)

Included services:

Area for ashes and/or burning barrels (not hot)

Note: Garbage which is still hot shall not be brought to the Sanitary Landfill. The equipment operator has the authority to refuse admittance of any person whose garbage is, in the discretion of the operator, unsafe for disposal in the landfill.
Active refuse area

Note: Refuse is delivered here either by private vehicles or by commercial or residential collection trucks. Any garbage which has demolition material containing asbestos is subject to further regulations. This garbage must be triple-bagged in yellow bags to warn landfill personnel of the safety hazard of asbestos.

Area for burnable materials

Only certain materials will be accepted for burning. In particular, any untreated, unpainted wood is burnable. Also, any whole trees or tree parts (including clippings and branches) will be accepted to the burn area. No sawdust (which can easily be spread by the wind while still hot) will be admitted into the burn area; sawdust should be disposed into the active area of the landfill.

Waste concrete and asphalt pieces are stored at the Concrete Compound rather than at the Sanitary Landfill

Contact Public Works (672-5513) for more information on the Concrete Compound, including dumping hours and rates (Concrete Disposal Application Form). (Click here to link to the Concrete Recycling web page)

Propane Bottles at the Propane Compound at the Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill

Note: There is a small fee for recycling propane bottles.