The Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill is located on N1/2 16-46-20-W4 (2.7 km South and 0.8 km West of Camrose Drive along 50 St.).

Monday to Saturday:	9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday (May 21st - Sept 17th):	9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Sundays and Statutory Holidays:	Closed
Landfill Phone Number (Scale House):	(780) 679-0087

No tax dollars are used to fund the operation of the Sanitary Landfill.  Only people using the landfill (the "true users") pay to continue landfill operations.  This means that people who choose to drop off their solid wastes at the landfill will be assessed a "tipping fee" for their waste (based on the weight and type of waste being delivered to the landfill).  Camrose Residents, who have their solid wastes picked weekly under a municipal contract, pay for using the landfill as a component of their monthly utility bill.

The money collected, either through tipping fees or through a portion of a utility billings, funds the entire day to day operations of the Sanitary Landfill.  In addition, this money funds a reserve which will be used to cover any costs that the landfill might encounter upon closure.  Once the landfill closes, the entire area will be rehabilitated so that it can be safely used for future city developments (such as future park areas).  The expected rehabilitation costs are taken into account when tipping fees and utility bills are calculated.

Tipping Fees - Effective January 1, 2008

Minimum Charge	0-167 kg** (See below)	$5.00 per vehicle
	167kg and over	$30.00 per tonne
Waste disposed during normal hours	Refuse Commercial Demolition Industrial (inert, single commodity)	minimum $30.00 per tonne
Animals (*see conditions below)		minimum $30.00 per tonne
Clean fill soil Grass & Tree clippings (including compost)		No charge if free of debris and placed in compost compound
Outside region additional surcharge Accepted only with prior approval from Camrose Regional Solid Waste Authority		Double applicable rate
Special Waste (environmental) Upon Analysis	Hydro Carbon Soils - Maximum of 10,000 ppm	$8.00 to $18.00 per tonne
Asbestos(+see conditions below)		$40.00 per tonne Plus $80.00 per hour 1 hr. minimum equipment charge
Recycled Compounds	Used Oil	Free
	Appliances (White goods)	$5.00 each
	Appliances (Freon Removed)	$25.00 each
	Batteries	Free
	Pesticide Containers	Free
	Wood and Metals	Based on separation $15.00 to $30.00 per tonne
	Tires No tires accepted from outside region	Based on separation/stacking/sorting Free to $40.00 per tonne
Waste disposed outside normal hours		combination of below as required: scale house @ 30.00 / hour equipment @ 80.00 / hour disposal @ applicable rates

+Asbestos by application and only from within the region, prior to being accepted at the landfill, must be triple bagged in yellow bags (to warn workers of the potential safety hazard).

*Animal carcasses by application only from within the region, non domestic

**For one week in May and in October the minimum tipping fee will be waived to residential users.  Click here for more information.

Routine household waste generated by Residents of the County will have tipping fees paid by the County at a rate of $30.00 per tonne.

All rates are subject to change.

Acceptable Items

• Household waste;
• Yard trimmings;
• Wood;
• Appliances and furniture;
• Empty (triple-rinsed) agricultural chemical containers;
• Scrap metal;
• Rubble and concrete (at Concrete Compound only);
• Asbestos
• Soil and rock;
• Wire (tightly coiled and free of debris);
• Tires;
• Dead animals - see above;

Unacceptable Items

• Car bodies
• Liquid wastes;
• Non-agricultural chemical containers;
• Explosive wastes;
• Burning or ignitable wastes;
• Hot wastes;
• Hazardous wastes;
• Radioactive, biological or pathological wastes

NOTE: Wastes that are not clearly defined as acceptable or unacceptable shall only be accepted under special permission from the Authority (contact MCL Waste Systems Inc. for more information).

The Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill service area includes the City of Camrose and Camrose County (north of the Battle River). This area includes the Villages of Bittern Lake and Hay Lakes, but does not include the Villages of Bawlf or Rosalind, which are serviced by a landfill within the County of Flagstaff No. 29. Solid waste from outside this service area will be accepted only with prior approval from the Camrose Regional Solid Waste Authority.

The land on which the Sanitary Landfill is sited is owned by the Province of Alberta.  This land is leased to the Camrose Regional Solid Waste Authority, which is made up of representatives from the City of Camrose, Camrose County and the Village of Bittern Lake.

The Camrose Regional Sanitary Landfill located only a mile south of the previous landfill site, more than quadrupled the total waste storage capacity for the region.

The Camrose Regional Solid Waste Authority publicly tenders out the operation of the Sanitary Landfill to waste management companies.  Once approved, this company will operate all of the daily operations of the landfill for a minimum of three years, the authority has the option of extending their agreement at the end of this three year term for an additional two years.  MCL Waste Systems Ltd. of Wetaskiwin is the current operator of the landfill under agreement with the Authority until the end of April, 2012.