LANDFILL APPROVAL  LANDFILL AMENDMENT

Please Note WDML Regional Landfill now charges for mattresses - please refer to the prices above.

Liquid Waste will not be accepted at the West Dried Meat Lake Regional Landfill.

Burned Material of any type will not be accepted at the West Dried Meat Lake Regional Landfill.

Soil Contaminants

• Soil Contaminants shall be with in concentrations allowed under applicable Federal and Provincial Acts and Regulations and the landfill operations guidelines.
• Soil with moisture content in excess of 30% will not be accepted.
• Chemical analysis is required for all contaminated soils.

Tires - All tires must be sorted and stacked in appropriate areas.

Insert waste is defined as non-toxic or non-hazardous material.  Some acceptable inert material:

• wood
• drywall
• sand or gravel
• glass
• ceramic and clay bricks
• mattresses
• roofing materials including shingles, tar and plastic vapor barriers
• plastics including plastic siding trimming, plastic moulding, plastic bags (not ag. plastic) and polyethylene sheeting.

The classification of inert material may be revised periodically in order to ensure compliance with the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act

Household recycling bins are available at WDML Regional Landfill.  

These are "mixed-use bins" - which means you don't need to sort your recycling, but please follow the list below for what can be put in the bins.  

Paper

• Newspaper and inserts, magazines, catalogues
• White writing and computer paper
• Greeting cards, non-foil gift wrap
• Junk mail, paper bags, envelopes, paper egg cartons, paperback and hardcover books and phone books
• Shredded paper is only accepted if in clear plastic bags

Cardboard

• Flattened corrugated cardboard boxes
• Flattened cereal and food boxes (remove and discard liner)
• Flattened shoe boxes
• Milk cartons (rinse with water and flatten)
• Juice boxes

Metals (Emptied and Rinsed)

• Clean tin cans (soup, juice, etc)
• Aluminum containers (pie plates)
• aluminum cans (beverages)
• NO loose lids off the cans - please trap the lid inside the can

Plastics (Emptied and Rinsed)

• Plastic containers
• Pop, beverage bottles, milk jugs (*these items have refundable deposits that you can collect when you return them to your local bottle depot, however they are acceptable for collection if you choose not to return them to a depot)