Transfer Station
Landfill Hours: Wednesday and Saturday 9 am to 6 pm.
Fridges and Deep freezes require a permit to be dumped at our Transfer Station. Please come to Town Hall to purchase a permit for $30.00.
Garbage Collection
The Town will provide one garbage cart for all residents at no cost. If the garbage cart is lost, stolen or damaged, it will be replaced by the resident at their cost.
Businesses and Commercial Institutional may continue to use the large hydraulic garbage bins or individual garbage carts as best meets their needs. If more than one garbage cart is required, pickup will be charged on a flat rate per bin used basis.
PROCEDURE:
General Rules
In order to establish a standardized method of collecting waste, all Town businesses, commercial institutions, and residents shall adhere to the following regulations:
1. Waste includes:
Wet or dry offal refuse, animal and vegetable matter created from a domestic or commercial kitchen, stoves, or ovens. Waste or trash created from domestic activities
2. Waste does not include:
Automobile bodies
Trees
Manure
Dead Animals
Waste from lawns and gardens
Any larger object that does not fit into a Town supplied garbage
cart
Dangerous, toxic or hazardous waste
Concrete
Dirt
3. Every residency on their collection day shall ensure that there is nothing that would obstruct the pickup of the garbage cart ensuring that there is nothing located directly in front of nor found within a one-meter circumference of the refuse receptacle.
4. If a residency is not in adherence to Section 3 the garbage will not be picked up on that day or any other day of the week and will only be picked up on the next scheduled collection day if it is in adherence to Section 3.
5. The Town of Magrath will collect waste weekly according to the following schedule :
Tuesday: All residential pickups in the area between the east side of 1st Street West (Main Street) to the most eastern Town boundary and any commercial double pickups.
Thursday: All residential pickups in the area between the west side of 1st Street West (Main Street to the most western Town boundary.
Friday: All commercial, institution and large container pickups throughout the Town of Magrath.
6. If a scheduled pickup as outlined in Section 5 falls upon a statutory holiday notification of the waste collection schedule shall be advertised on the Town of Magrath website.
Recycling
Our Recycling facilities are located at the Old Town shop by the Transfer Station. Head south of Town past the Golf Course road turn off and turn left at the old shop!
Sash Blue Bin Program
The blue box program enables residents of Magrath to recycle materials such as newsprint, paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass and plastics by supplying each resident with a blue box container. Residents place their recycling materials in the box and on collection day set them out on your front porch for pickup. The items are then picked up by SASH and delivered to the Magrath recycling center for further sorting and processing.
For more details and pricing, call SASH at 403-758-3334
