GARBAGE AND RECYCLING

Garbage, Recycling and Organics/Compost Carts are FRONT STREET pick up!

EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2024

Garbage: (New BLACK Cart) is collected biweekly on Thursdays.

Recycling: is collected biweekly on Tuesdays. No changes to this program except for Front Street Pick Up. Please continue using blue / clear bags or the blue bin.

Organics / Compost: (New GREEN Cart) is collected biweekly in the months of November to April and weekly in the months of May to October. First date of pick up will be March 7, 2024. Please view the link below with "Organics/Compost Acceptable Materials List" . It will also be included in the March Utility Bill.

Please have your cart out on the front street by 7:00 A.M. on collection day with 1 meter clearance on either side of cart to allow the truck to pick up. Please remove the cart from the street when not in use. All garbage must be bagged and placed in carts provided by the Town. Any garbage that is not in cart provided will not be picked up by the contractor.

All residential waste collection items placed out after the scheduled pick up date, will remain the responsiblity of the resident/owner.

For more information related to residential waste, organics/compost and recycling collection, please click the links below.

icon 2024 Residential Waste Collection Schedule

icon Organics/Compost Acceptable Materials

icon 2024 Single Stream Recycling

icon Bluffton Landfill User Guidelines

icon Bluffton Landfill Site Map

GARBAGE COLLECTION FEES

Residential Waste Collection Fee - $17.68 monthly per household

Organics/Compost Collection Fee - $5.85 monthly per household - Effective March 1, 2024

Residential Garbage Pick-up

As of July 1st, 2023, Empringham Disposal, will be the Contractor for residential garbage collection
See 2024 Pick up Schedule for details
Please have garbage in BLACK cart out front by 7:00 am to ensure pickup
Bagged garbage must be contained in carts provided by the Town with lids and handles.
Compost can be loose in GREEN cart or in compostable bag in GREEN cart

RECYCLE COLLECTION FEES

(Residential - $3.12 monthly per household)

Residential Recycle is collected bi-weekly on Tuesdays

All Rimbey residents can recycle through the Residential Recycle program.
Place clean dry recyclables into clear bags. No sorting required! Use only see-through bags available at most grocery and hardware stores. If your items in your recycling bag are not clean, your recycling bag will not be picked up.
Recycle bags must be out by 7:00 am on collection day, but not before 5:00 pm the evening before and place in a visible location for pick up.
Keep your recycle bags separate from your garbage. Flattened boxes can be placed under your recycle bags.
Each filled recycle bag must be lighter than 22.5 kg (50 lbs) and must only contain the materials that are listed or will not be picked up by contractor.

Plastic (clean & dry, discard caps / lids) Household bottles and containers (e.g. for vinegar, shampoo, fabric softener, detergent, pop/water, milk, yogurt or margarine, windshield washer, ice cream pails and vitamin bottles.

Metals (empty & clean, discard lids or trap inside can, labels are okay), cans (food, beverage, soup), aluminum cans and trays (pie plates), empty non-hazardous aerosol cans.

Paper/cardboard Newsprint, inserts, flyers, writing and computer paper (not shredded), envelopes, paper egg cartons, paper bags, magazines, gift wrap (non metallic), greeting cards (non-metallic), phonebooks, cardboard boxes (flatten - do not tie bundles), cereal boxes, shoe boxes, tissue boxes, cracker boxes, cookie boxes (remove liners), milk cartons, juice boxes, paperback and books (remove hard cover).

NO STYROFOAM, GLASS, CLOTHING, TOYS, PLASTIC BAGS, PLASTIC FILM,

APPLIANCES, KITCHEN PANS, CLOTHES HANGERS, DISPOSABLE COFFEE CUPS,

BATTERIES, PICTURE FRAMES, PAPER TOWEL, TISSUE PAPER (KLEENEX)

(THESE ARE GARBAGE)

Some recyclable items are also refundable and can be taken to the Bottle Depot.

RIMBEY

transfer station & RECYCLE FACILITY

TUESDAYS & SATURDAYS (9:00 am to 5:00 pm)

The Transfer Station & Recycle Facility is open Tuesdays and Saturdays weekly and the hours of operation 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. The facility was created to divert potential recyclable waste materials from the landfill. Material that is separated from “contaminated’ debris and is considered clean will be accepted such as: wood waste (restrictions on treated or painted wood will apply), Landscape waste (tree limbs, Christmas trees, etc.), cardboard and tires. Residents are to take anything that is not recyclable to the Bluffton Landfill Site. All loads being hauled must be secured and loose material must be covered by a tarpaulin or other device.

Rural residents can use our recycle facility and are encouraged to drop-off their blue bag recyclables during regular operating hours as outlined at the bottom of the garbage collection schedule. Blue bag items must follow the items listed above (papers, cardboard, metals, plastic). All items must be placed in transparent bags.

6200- 40 Street
Phone: 403-843-2950