Waste Transfer Facility

Regular fees and tipping fees

Weigh scale out of service fees and tipping fees

Industrial, commercial and institutional recycling services tipping fees

Hydraulic dump trailers full of brush and large trailer loads of brush are redirected to the Kenora Area Landfill on Highway 671 Jones Road. For regular residential loads of brush, turn right, go to the top of the hill to construction area, pull into stall 5, and offload your brush in the bin that is there.

Turn right past the scale and drive up to the top. Go past the building with the green stripe and enter the 2nd building (recycle building). Place paper/cardboard in designated piles.

To access the compost area you must turn right after the scale, head up to the garbage building and the compost pile is located at the top of the hill on your first right. Paper bags only. Empty plastic bags if used to bring compost to the site.

Turn right past the scale drive up past the garbage building, drive up the ramp and deposit construction debris in one of the first three bins. The first bin is for dump trailers only.

Large quantities of construction and demolition materials are required to transport the materials to the Kenora Area Landfill on Highway 671 Jones Road. Large loads must first be weighed at the Transfer Station and then dumped at the Kenora Area Landfill Site. 

Ask the scale attendant where the designated area for electronics is now. Place down carefully if it is a TV and do not break the screen. TV's, computers (screen, hard drive, keyboards, mice), radios, stereo equipment, old cell phones, telephones, fax machines, photocopiers, printers, electric type writers, answering machines, DVD and VCR players, modems, scanners and calculators are all acceptable.

Deposit all household batteries free of charge. Receptacles are now located against the summer payment station.

Exit the scale and there are receptacles located straight ahead at the "One Way Traffic" sign. Free of charge.

Access the bulb receptacle through the Recycle Depot. The receptacle is located against the summer payment station. Light bulbs up to 4 feet (1.22 meters) in length are accepted free of charge. This is for residential customers only. Westburne Electric located at 1 Dennis Street, will accept used fluorescent bulbs from businesses for a fee.

We do not accept these items at the Transfer Facility.

Place all furniture in the construction/demolition area. Turn right past the scale, drive up past the garbage building and drive up on the ramp. Furniture goes in the bins with the construction/demolition material.

Glass windows and patio doors go in the construction bins with the wood, and must be paid for at the scale. Turn right past the scale, drive up past the garbage building and drive up on the ramp to access the bins. Glass bottles and jars only go in the bin labelled, "glass" in the recycle area.

The hazardous waste depot operates weekly throughout the summer, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Come across the scale for directions.

Turn right past the scale go all the way up to the building with the green stripe on it. Back in to the building and throw your household garbage on the floor. Please put household garbage only in this building. No wood, metal or furniture.

Turn right after the scale, drive up past the garbage building and drive up on the ramp to access the construction/demolition area. The metal bin is the last bin in the row as you drive up. Please only throw metal items in that are about 90% metal. Minimum charge applies.

Turn right after the scale, drive past the recycle area and the second Jersey barrier is where you will deposit propane tanks. There is a charge for propane tanks.

Turn right past the scale and drive up to the garbage building. Back in and throw your garbage on the floor. Minimum charge applies.

Regular car and truck tires, on or off the rim, can be disposed of at no charge. 

Turn right past scale drive past the recycle area and stop at the squared fence. Pour cooking oil into the brown receptacle that is there. Cooking oil is $2.80 per 20 litre pail. Throw the containers you brought the oil in into the garbage. Dirty containers are not recyclable.