The Mountain View Regional Waste Management Commission continues to create environmentally sustainable recycling solutions with the opening of a new Resource Recovery Centre on September 1st, 2009. Located 2 kilometers northwest of Didsbury (at the landfill), the Resource Recovery Centre was created to provide the diversion of construction and demolition waste from landfill. The centre accepts construction and demolition debris that is sorted and clean. Sorting assistance is provide onsite if required, at an additional cost.

You can save money (at least 40% on your tipping fees) and help to provide a sustainable environment by recycling your construction and demolition waste materials.

We are now accepting the following Waste Construction Materials:

• Drywall/Gypsum - Must be free of wood, plastic, metal edging, and insulation. Nails/screws are acceptable. This is then ground and made into an agricultural soil amendment.
• Wood
  • Kiln-dried wood - Includes pallets and clean cut off construction lumber with no metal larger than nails. This is then chipped and used for landscaping chips and compost.
  • Laminated lumber - Includes plywood and laminated veneer lumber with no metal larger than nails. This is chipped and used for landfill daily cover.
• Asphalt Shingles - Must be free of tar paper, shingle packing paper, plastic, wood pieces, tar pails and used tools of brushes. Nails are acceptable. They are ground and recycled into a hot mix asphalt process.
• Concrete and Asphalt - Includes old asphalt from road repair and removal, and concrete pieces. No soil. Must be no larger 2 ft by 2 ft. Metal rebar is acceptable. Crushed asphalt is used to building new roads. Crushed concrete is used for sub-base gravel.
• Metal - Includes flashing, eavestrough, metal shingles and metal siding. No wood, plastic or other contaminates. Nails are acceptable. These metals are reprocessed for the manufacture of other metal products.
• Vinyl Siding - Includes clean vinyl siding and vinyl siding components. No building wrap or paper contaminates are allowed. This is chipped and palletized for use in plastic product production.
• Shrub and Brush - Trees and stumps from site clearing. No roots or sod allowed. This is then chipped and used for mulch.

Contaminated (containing garbage) or mixed materials will be accepted and charged a premium for sorting assistance.

Acceptance criteria

• Clean and sorted materials are accepted at the listed tipping fee.
• Contaminated (containing garbage) or mixed loads will be charged for assisted sorting.
• We reserve the right to refuse any load.