Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Respect.
Waste and how we deal with it affects our shared environment...all that surrounds us: air, water, land, plants and man-made things. Given that we need a clean environment for our health and happiness, it’s easy to grasp why effective waste management is vital to the community.
After much discussion during its September 23, 2021 meeting, the Lesser Slave Lake Regional Waste Management Services Commission passed a motion to increase disposal rates effective january 1, 2022.
What if the end was really just the beginning? When you return your beverage containers to your local depot not only do you get a refund on your deposit, but the containers are kept out of the landfill, and become a part of something entirely new.
International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW) is a comprehensive education initiative of the compost industry that is celebrated nationwide and in other countries each year during the first full week of May.
Alberta’s Electronics Recycling Program is helping protect our environment by keeping old TVs and computer equipment out of our landfills, and away from the waste stream flowing into developing countries.
Disposal fees may be paid at the Regional Landfill by cheque, Interac, Visa or MasterCard. Properly-sorted recyclables are accepted free of charge at the Regional Landfill. The first 500 kilograms of domestic waste is free for residents of the Town of Slave Lake and the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River.
Cash is neither accepted nor kept on hand at the Regional Landfill.