Garbage & Recycling Collection

The City of Melfort contracts Greenland Waste to provide residential curbside garbage and recycling collection.   

Collection Map and Calendar 

Residential curbside collection alternates between garbage and recycling every other week. The Collection Calendar shows which weeks are garbage pickup, and which weeks are recycling pickup.  

The City’s residential area is divided into five areas, with one area being picked up each working day. To find out which day of the week your garbage and recycling is picked up, see the Pickup Schedule Map.  

All waste and recyclables must comply with the Waste & Recyclables Collection & Disposal Bylaw.    

Fees

Waste collection fees are included on your utility bill.  Rates below are effective April 1, 2025:
  • Single Family Dwelling Unit:  $22.50/month
  • Multi-Family Dwelling (4 units & under):  $22.50/month/unit
  • Cart replacement fee:  $55.00 per cart

Carts & Guidelines 

Each residence is provided with one 95-gallon brown garbage cart and one 95-gallon blue recycling cart.  

Please ensure carts are set out by 7:00 am on your scheduled pick-up day and returned to your property that same day.  

If you wish to rent an additional cart or an industrial bin for a large job, please contact Greenland Waste at 306-763-3133. 

For more information visit Greenland Waste Disposal Ltd. - Guidelines. 

Commercial Collection 

Commercial customers, including multi-unit dwellings over four units, must contract directly from a waste collection.

Recycling 

Residential recycling programs help divert a significant amount of unwanted waste from the landfill. For more information visit Single Stream Recycling. 

The following items may be placed loosely into your recycling cart: 

  • Paper & Cardboard - newspaper, paper and corrugated cardboard, telephone books, paper drinking cups, Tetra Pak soup and beverage containers, catalogues & magazines (with plastic wrap removed) and shredded paper (placed in a clear plastic bag). 
  • Metal - clean metal food cans, metal lids, aluminum foil and containers (all rinsed clean of residue). 
  • Plastic - clean plastic containers labelled with the recycling symbol 1-7 (no clam shell food containers labelled 1) 
  • Plastic milk jugs, milk and juice cartons (remove all lids and caps) 

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The following items are not permitted in your recycling cart: 

  • No Batteries or electronics, hazardous or toxic product containers; aerosol cans 
  • No Light bulbs; drinking glasses and other glassware 
  • No Styrofoam containers, plastic utensils, peanuts or packing foam; food and wet waste, food contaminated paper waste, diapers 
  • No Pots and pans, scrap metal, wood, ceramics, toys, clothing, metal and plastic hangars 
  • No Plastics without the recycling symbol label 1-7, plastic bags or stretch wrap 
  • No Clam shell type food containers labelled #1 
  • No oil containers or chemical jugs 
  • No hoses and rubber items 

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 The Melfort EcoCentre is located at the landfill. It accepts used oil, oil filters, plastic oil containers and pails under 30 litres in size, and antifreeze for recycling, at no charge, from farmers, do-it-yourselfers, and small business operators. Please contact the landfill attendant at the kiosk upon arrival. 

For more information about this program, please contact the Saskatchewan Association for Resource Recovery Corporation (SARRC) at usedoilrecyclingsk.com or call City Hall at 306-752-5911 or the Melfort Landfill at 306-752-3242.


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 Providing services and supportive, community-based employment for adults with intellectual disabilities, PLUS Industries Inc. is a partner with the City of Melfort in the recycling of cardboard, paper, glass, tin and car batteries, and operates the Melfort SARCAN Depot, which recycles deposit containers, paint, batteries and electronics.  

 For more information about PLUS Industries' recycling services, contact the Recycling Supervisor at 306-752-6502.