FREE LANDFILL LONG WEEKENDS MAY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 2025
Residential property owners receive one FREE landfill access for household or yard waste up to ½ ton or single axle trailer under 3 m in length on Saturday, Sunday or Monday on the long weekends in May, August and September. Residents will be required to provide their civic address upon entry at the landfill.
Community Cleanup Weeks - May, August and September, 2025
Streetside yard refuse will be picked up along with your household garbage following each of the long weekends in May, August and September. Yard refuse including leaves, grass clippings, garden waste must be bagged in clear bags under 10kg(22lbs). Tree limbs under 4’ in length must be bundled and tied under 10kg(22lbs).
Garbage Pick Up 
Summer 2025 Garbage Pick Up Schedule
Garbage must be bagged and stored in containers with the lids securely fastened and placed at the street side by 7:00 a.m. on the morning of your pick-up. Only regular household garbage will be pick up.
Please note: Items like grass clippings, leaves, building materials, fish filleting remains, large cardboard boxes, etc. will not be picked up with your regular household garbage.
Landfill
Hours at the Resort Village Landfill (Effective May 5, 2025)
Landfill Gate
- OPEN: 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Closed 12:00 -12:30 p.m. for lunch
Please follow the instructions of the landfill attendant prior to dropping off your materials.
Payment method options: Cash, Debit and Credit
RVCL Residential Waste Collection Fee FAQ
RVCL Waste Collection Landfill Bylaw 10-2023, Click here
RVCL Report on Landfill Fees January 2023, Click here
RVCL Public Notice - New Landfill Fees effective March 7th, 2023, Click here
Landfill Gate Fees
Commercial and Residential Waste
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Resident Property |
Non-Resident Property |
Minimum Gate Fee (Car, SUV, etc.) | $10.00 | $20.00 |
¼ and ½ Light Truck or Single Axle Trailer under 3 m in length (each) | $40.00 Full Load $25.00 Half Load | $80.00 Full Load $45.00 Half Load |
¾ and 1 Ton Single Axle Truck | $60.00 Full Load $35.00 Half Load | $120.00 Full Load $65.00 Half Load |
Trailers over 3 m in length (max. 1 m high) | $20/m of box | $40/m of box |
Tandem Truck Box | $40/m of box | $80/m of box |
Conveyance Vehicle not listed will be measured and estimated by attendant | $7.50/m3 | $20/m3 |
Residential Waste or Recycling (Up to 2 Bags*) | No Charge | Non Resident Household Minimum Gate Fees Apply |
Residential Cardboard/Paper Recycling* | No Charge | Non Resident Household Waste Rate |
Residential Yard Waste ** | No Charge | Non Resident Regular Household Waste Rate |
*Residential Waste or Recyclable accepted once per week. Limited to small amounts (max. single axle truck or trailer) including, scrap metal, appliances, antifreeze, used oil, batteries, paper, and cardboard. *All Residential Household Waste and Recyclable Items must be separated and placed as directed by Landfill Operator. **Residential Yard Waste accepted limited to small amounts once per week (max. single axle truck or trailer) including leaves, grass clippings, branches under 15 cm (6 inches) in diameter, and logs, limbed and under 2 m in length. | ||
Commercial Clean Soil, Branches and Logs* | Material from within RVCL | Material from Outside RVCL |
Clean Soil | No Charge | Not Accepted |
Stumps | 25% Household Waste Rate | Regular Household Rate |
Branches and Logs** | 25% Household Waste Rate | Regular Household Rate |
*All items to be separated and placed into their associated piles as directed by Landfill Operator. **All wood products to be free of soil otherwise will be charged at full household rates. Additional effort from Village staff to handle these items will incur extra costs. | ||
Items with Applicable Additional Charge | Material from within RVCL | Material from outside RVCL |
Construction and Demolition Surcharge | 50% Surcharge on top of household rate | Not Accepted |
Refrigerant Appliance and door removed (without certificate of “removal of halocarbon”) | $20.00 each | $40.00 each |
All Vehicles** (Automobiles, campers, snowmobiles, ATV, golf cart, etc.) | $100 each | $200 each |
Vehicle Tires |
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Passenger Car | $5.00 | $10.00 |
Truck | $15.00 | $30.00 |
Agricultural/Industrial | $40.00 | $80.00 |
*All items must be separated and placed as directed by Landfill Operator. ** All vehicle and engines to be drained of fluid and battery removed before being accepted at Landfill | ||
| Additional Charges if Village Staff is to separate, handle or reload waste | Rate per Hour |
| Equipment | $171.00 |
| Labour | $65.00 |
| Waste and Recycling not separated appropriated may be rejected and illegal dumping fines will be applied. Verbal abuse will not be tolerated and will result in waste not being accepted. | |
Recycling
Electronics
The Resort Village of Candle Lake is an authorized Recycle My Electronics drop-off location! 
Computers, TVs and monitors, printers and scanners, fax machines, stereo equipment, gaming systems, microwaves, phones, audio and video equipment, cable or satellite boxes, and global positioning system (GPS) devices, etc. can all be recycled. Also, anything that plugs into these devices is also recyclable, such as headphones and earbuds, keyboards, mice, answering machines, modems, and all the cables that connect them.
Visit this link for more information on electronics that can be recycled at http://www.recyclemyelectronics.ca/SK
Other Recycling
Recycling is picked up by Greenland Waste.
Acceptable Recyclable Material
Communities in Bloom Sorting ShedResidential paper, carboard, tin cans, paint cans, batteries and empty propane bottles can be left at the Landfill Collection Bins free of charge.
The Communities in Bloom Committee manages the Recycling Building at the landfill, as well as recycling barrels set up a various locations through the Resort Village including the Provincial Park beaches, Tempo, Candle Lake Market, Candle Lake Golf Resort, Pineview Car Wash, Mariner's Cove, Nobles Point, Misty Meadows and the Resort Village Grounds.
The cans and bottles are collected and sorted by volunteers and transported to Sarcan in Prince Albert. Funds raised are used for CIB Projects. Cans and bottles, milk jugs, cartons and juice containers can also be left at the Recycling Building.
Recycling Bins at the Landfill