Waste, Recycling, and Organics Collection
Follow collection rules to ensure automated pickup runs safely and efficiently. Please have carts out on time, with lids closed, and remove carts from the road as soon as possible after collection.
Set Out Time
Place carts at the roadside by 7:00 a.m. for collection.
Automated Pickup
Lids must be fully closed and bins placed at least 4 feet apart. The driver does not exit the truck.
After Collection
Please remove carts off the road as soon as possible. Stolen bins are replaced at $100 per bin (payment required before replacement).
Collection Rules
Place carts at the roadside by 7:00 a.m. for collection. Lids must be fully closed and bins placed at least 4 feet apart. This is a fully automated service and the driver does not exit the truck.
Reminder: Carts must be out by 7:00 a.m.
Important: Lids MUST be fully closed for pickup.
Spacing: Keep carts at least 4 feet apart for the automated arm.
Replacement bins: Stolen bins are replaced at $100.00 per bin. Replacement bins are issued only once payment is received by the Village.
Please remove carts off the road as soon as possible after collection.
Animal safety: All waste must be bagged and placed in securely lidded waste receptacles to prevent animal access.
Recycling (Blue Bag Program)
The Village encourages residents to participate in the blue bag recycling program to reduce the amount of unnecessary items filling the landfill. Blue bag pickup alternates with waste collection pickup.
Organics
Organic waste should not be bagged. Organics in bags will not be picked up.
Important: If organics are placed in bags, they will not be collected.
2026 Garbage Schedule
Download or view the current collection schedule for waste and recycling.
2025 Garbage Schedule
Download or view the current collection schedule for waste and recycling.
Highway 43 East Waste Commission
Location: 7 km west on Hwy. 43 from Hwy. 33 Junction
Contact & Hours
Main Site Phone: (780) 967-3466
Fax: (780) 967-3710
Operating Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Open: Mon–Sat
Closed: Sunday
Site Rules
- No smoking permitted on site
- Observe posted speed limits
- All vehicles must cross the scale
- All loads must be covered (tarped and tied down)
- Scavenging is strictly prohibited
- Children must remain in vehicles
Disposal Fees
- $6.00 minimum charge for 1 to 100 kilograms
- $57.50 per tonne ($0.0575 per kg) — 101 kilograms and up
- Out of County — $62.50 per tonne
- Refrigerators/Freezers/Refrigeration units — $25 per unit (or $10 with “Freon Removed Certificate”)
- Stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, hot water tanks, pressure tanks — $10 each
- Furniture with springs (couches, mattresses, etc.) — $10 each
- Computers/Televisions — No charge
- Large equipment tires — $120 each (car & truck tires up to 22" no charge)
- Clean demolition concrete and/or clean stumps — $20 per tonne (no mixed loads)
Payment: Cash, Visa, Mastercard, Interac, Charge Accounts (OAC)
*Effective: August 1, 2010
Restricted Wastes
The following items are restricted:
- Vehicle hulks
- Human wastes / liquid wastes
- Hospital wastes
- Sewage & septic wastes
- Animal carcasses
- Chemical wastes, paints, solvents
- Radioactive wastes
- Hazardous wastes
- Animal SRM
- Creosote soaked wood (railroad ties)
Metals, Propane Tanks & Drums
- General metals & wire accepted
- Steel drums accepted if empty and not previously used for hazardous waste
- Propane tanks accepted if vented to the atmosphere
Highway 43 East Waste Commission is made up of 16 member municipalities, including Sunset Point.
Main Landfill Site: Highway 43 East – 55228 RGE RD 35.
Contact: Mr. Mike Primeau — (780) 785-3411 or 1-866-880-5722
Recycle Bins at the Main Landfill Site
For use by all residents. Please ensure recyclables are clean and free of food residue.
- Bottles and jars: remove lids (lids can go in the metal bin)
- If tins are stored in plastic bags: put tins in the metal bin and the bag in the plastic bin
- Source separation is essential for the system to work
Paper & Cardboard
- Paper: coloured paper, white bond, newspaper, magazines, catalogues
- Cardboard: box board (cereal/shoe boxes) and corrugated cardboard
Metal & Glass
- Metal: tin cans, aerosol cans, metal lids
- Clear glass: household jars/bottles, window glass
Plastics (SPI Codes 1–7 in the same bin)
- 1 PET: soft drink bottles, detergent/cleaner containers, food trays
- 2 HDPE: milk/water/juice jugs, detergent bottles, grocery bags
- 3 V (PVC): cooking/vegetable oil bottles, shrink-wrap, blister packs
- 4 LDPE: flexible films (grocery, bread, garbage bags)
- 5 PP: cereal box liners, snack wraps and bags
- 6 PS: plastic cutlery, foam plates/trays, egg cartons
- 7 Other: mixed resins (snack bags, squeezable bottles, juice boxes)
Bottle Bin (Beverage Containers)
Residents can take recyclable beverage containers to the Bottle Bin:
Address: 4907–49 Street, Onoway, Alberta
Phone: (780) 967-3649
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Our mission is to operate our site efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner,
while providing high-quality waste disposal to both public and private customers.
