Location: Northeast of the corporate limits on 46 Street. In Ponoka County on Township Road 431A. The rural blue sign reads 252028 TWP RD 431A. The legal land location is SE Quarter of Section 10, Township 43, Range 25, West of the 4th Meridian.
Hours and Contact Information
| Summer Hours (May 1 to October 31): Monday – Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Winter Hours (November 1 to April 30): Tuesday – Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please note: The Waste Transfer Station is closed for all statutory holidays. | 403-783-8328 |
*** All items brought to the Waste Transfer Station for disposal at the regional landfill must be less than 8 feet long.
Please click on the links below for more information:
Accepted Items at the Waste Transfer Station
The Ponoka Waste Transfer Station collects a large variety of items for disposal and recycling, including:
- Asphalt
- Box springs and mattresses
- Compostable yard materials
- Concrete
- Electronics
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Household batteries
- Household hazardous waste
- Metal (general scrap, cable and wire)
- Oil containers and filters
- Propane tanks
- Recycle items
- Rubble (if from a fire it must be clean and separated)
- Solid waste (garbage, furniture, drywall, toilets, shingles)
- Vehicle tires without rims
- Bicycle tires without inner tubes
- Used oil
- Used tires
- Vehicle batteries
- White goods (freezers, refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves, washers and dryers)
- Wood (treated, painted, and/or stained wood, as well as particle board; must be cut into five-foot-long and three-foot-wide pieces and placed in the blue building at the Waste Transfer Station).
Used motor oil, household hazardous waste and electronics can be disposed of through various recycle collection programs at the Waste Transfer Station. For more information about what is accepted through these programs, please visit the Used Motor Oil Collection Program page, Household Hazardous Waste page or Recycling Electronics page.
Not Accepted Items at the Waste Transfer Station
The Ponoka Waste Transfer Station does not accept the following items and materials:
- Agricultural herbicide and pesticide containers
- Asbestos insulation
- Ashes
- Automobiles and other large metal objects
- Bulk liquids and wastes with free liquid
- Dead animals (including hides and carcasses)
- Demolition debris
- Fire extinguishers
- Hydrocarbon contaminated earth
- Industrial waste
- Manure
- Radioactive waste
- Sulfurous waste and/or soil
- Items for disposal at the regional landfill that are greater than 8 feet long.
Composting at the Waste Transfer Station
The Waste Transfer Station accepts loads of compostable yard waste (branches, trees, grass clippings, sod and plant debris) free of charge.
If yard waste is bagged and is brought to the Waste Transfer Station, citizens must open the bags and empty the contents that are inside onto the Town’s organics pile. No bags (even compostable) can be placed on the Town’s organic pile.
Compostable yard waste can also be taken to the Waste Transfer Station in:
- Truck or trailer beds that can be shoveled into the compost pile; and
- Any other container aside from your green cart or grey cart that can be emptied into the Town's compost pile.
Please note: The Town's Waste Transfer Station does not accept kitchen waste for its compost pile as the facility is not set up to compost that type of material. Kitchen waste can only be composted through the curbside green cart program where the waste is transported to an approved composting site.
Green and Grey Carts
Citizens are asked not to use grey carts or green carts to transport yard waste to the Waste Transfer Station. The grey and green carts pose a risk of contamination due to household waste and other organic matter.
There will be a charge for compost taken to the Waste Transfer Station in a green or grey cart. The carts must be emptied in the garbage building.
Charges by Weight at the Waste Transfer Station
Items brought to the Waste Transfer Station for disposal are charged by weight, therefore all vehicles must weigh in on the scale when entering and weigh out on the scale when leaving. The minimum charge at the Waste Transfer Station is $8.00 per load (up to 100 kg).
The list of charges at the Waste Transfer Station, by weight, are shown below:
| Items Accepted | Cost Per Item | Cost Per Metric Tonne | Additional Information |
| Recycle - residential | $8 (up to 100 kg) | $75 | Please click here for the list of items that can be recycled. |
| Recycle - commercial | $8 (up to 100 kg) | $75 | Please click here for the list of items that can be recycled. |
| Garbage | $8 (up to 100 kg) | $75 | Household garbage Furniture Toilets Sinks Drywall Shingles Laminated or particle board Other construction materials |
| Metal | — | $25 | General scrap metal (including wire) Refrigerators Freezers Snow blowers Lawn mowers (removal all fluids) Washers Dryers Water heaters |
| Wood | $8.00 per load (up to 100 kg) | $12 | Must be real wood (unpainted, stained or treated) No laminated or particle board |
| Concrete | $8.00 per load (up to 100 kg) | $17 | Must be clean (no garbage) |
| Asphalt | $8.00 per load (up to 100 kg) | $17 | Must be clean (no garbage) |
| Mixed Load | — | $65 | |
| Propane tanks | $5 each | — | — |
Tree stumps | $5 each | — | — |
| All mattresses | $10 each Plus $8 | — | Additional charges from landfill Plus weight of load |
| Box spring mattress | $10 each Plus $8 | — | Additional charges from landfill Plus weight of load |
| Hide-a-bed mattress | $10 each Plus $8 | — | Additional charges from landfill Plus weight of load |
| Fluorescent Light Bulbs (Per Bulb) | Fluorescent Tubes four feet - $1 Fluorescent Tubes eight feet - $2 Teflon Fluorescent Tubes four feet $1 Teflon Fluorescent Tubes eight feet -$2 Circular/U Shape/Regular Linear - $1 High-Intensity Discharge (H.I.D) -$1.75 CFL, Spot Light, Incandescent - $0.50 | — | |
| Compostable yard material | No charge | — | Grass clippings Branches Garden plant materials Tree trunks Sod |
| Tires | No charge | Rubber tires without rims | |
| Used oil, used oil containers and used oil filters | No charge | — | Used oil must be in its original oil container with a readable label. Please click here for the list of accepted used oils |
| Vehicle batteries | No charge | — | — |
| Household Hazardous Waste | No charge | — | Must be in its original container with a readable label. Please click here for the list of accepted household hazardous waste. |
| Electronics | No charge | — | Please click here for the list of accepted electronics that can be recycled. |
E-Waste Electronics Recycling Program
To learn more about the E-Waste Electronics Recycling Program, please click here.
Household Battery Recycling Program
To learn more about the free Household Battery Recycling Program, please click here.
Household Hazardous Waste
To learn about the free Household Hazardous Waste Program, please click here.
Used Oil Collection Program
To learn about the Used Oil Collection Program, please click here.
