Solid Waste | Town of Coaldale

Coaldale handles its solid waste disposal through a curbside garbage, recycling & composting pickup service. Each household is assigned one large black garbage container for garbage, one large blue recycling container for recycling, and one large green container for composting.

All bins must be placed outside by 7:00am on pick-up days and no earlier than 5:00pm the evening before pickup.

Pickup Schedules

Download the Town of Coaldale Solid Waste Wizard app to search for your personalized collection calendar, sign up for weekly reminders, and find answers to common waste-related questions.

Search 'Coaldale Waste Companion' in Google Play or Apple Store to download the mobile app now!

Holiday Pickup Schedule

Garbage, recycling & composting collection is only re-scheduled on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Please refer to each year's individual calendar as holiday pick-up scheduling may change year by year. All other holidays during the year the collection days stay on the regular schedule.

Winter Composting Pickup

In order to accommodate yard-waste, the composting carts will be picked up weekly from March until November. From December through February, the composting carts will be picked up bi-weekly.

Town of Coaldale residents who receive solid waste services from the Town are eligible to participate in the the Town's Free Landfill Disposal Program.

This program provides eligible residents up to 3 coupons per residence per year for the free disposal of up to 250 kilograms of residential waste at the City of Lethbridge landfill on any day it is open during year.

Eligible residents must pick up their coupons from the Town Office and present it at the City of Lethbridge landfill at time of disposal. The coupons will only be issued to the registered owner of the property and cannot be issued to a renter.
Coaldale residents can dispose of green waste at the Coaldale Transfer Station, located just off Highway 845 on Range Road 201A.

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Transfer Station hours are as follows:
- Tuesday and Wednesday - 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Saturday - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Accepted materials include:
- plants and flowers;
- landscape vegetation;
- vegetative garden waste;
- leaves and grass clippings;
- houseplants; and
- shrub clippings and tree branches under 3" diameter and 6' long.
Materials not accepted include:
- garbage;
- construction materials; and
- plastic or non-biodegradable bags.
Please note: residents will be required to sign in prior to dumping at the site.
Recycling
What goes in your blue bin? Find out how to sort your recycling in the Coaldale Curbside Recycling Printout.
Compost
What goes in your green bin? Find out how to sort your compost with the Coaldale Curbside Composting Printout.
Coaldale’s compost is transported to a processing facility in Taber. Due to industry-wide changes, this facility no longer accepts plastic bags labeled as “compostable” or "biodegradable". ALL BAGS MUST BE 100% PAPER OR FIBRE MATERIALS. To learn more, read the Curbside Composting FAQs and watch the Curbside Composting video: