Commercial customers may apply to the Regional District for credit accounts. Payment may be made by cash, cheque, MasterCard, VISA or debit card. If the load is mixed and not separated, you will be charged based on the entire weight of the load. If there is both garbage and recyclables, you are encouraged to separate the load for the recycling and garbage portions to be weighed separately. If the load contains recycling or yard and garden waste only, no fee will apply.
Loads weighing more than 100 kg are charged based on the current tipping fee rate ($94 per tonne as of January 1, 2022). SMALL LOADĪs of September 1, 2013, a small load user fee of $6.00 per visit, for loads up to 100 kg, applies to all loads of household refuse delivered to the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill. Load weights are measured on scales provided at the landfill. The fee to dispose of refuse and demolition, land clearing and construction waste in other than “small loads” is $94 per tonne as of Janu(subject to change) or a $6 minimum charge per load. 3245, 2021.Īpplication for the Exemption of Tipping Fees – for Non Profit Charities FEES Tipping Fees and Site Regulations are established as per Regional District of Fraser-Fort George Bylaw No. Tipping fees apply to all solid waste, including “controlled waste”, refuse and demolition, land clearing and construction waste (DLC). *open Easter Monday, Victoria Day, Labour Day and Thanksgiving Day, closed all other holidaysĪ tipping fee is a charge levied for disposal of waste and is based on weight and type of material. Higher fees could exacerbate yet another one of Stamford's long-running problems.The site provides opportunities for recycling, centralized composting of yard and garden trimmings, residential waste disposal by way of an on-site transfer station and commercial waste disposal. Or would it force people to register the car there which would help with the taxes? Yes."īut immediately after, he pointed out a huge potential detractor. If you raise the fees to non-Stamford vehicles, would that increase our revenue? Yes. He's had to expand the hours that transfer station employees staff the facility to accommodate trash removal, too.Įven though tweaking the fees emerged as the clearest path forward among the city officials, they also resisted immediately moving forward with it.Ĭolleluori rattled off the potential benefits of adjusting how much the transfer station charges: "Do I think it would keep some people out? Yes. Only two years ago, he estimated that the city collected 56,000 tons.īecause of that influx, the Stamford Transfer Station has shut down twice in the past year to give space to process the garbage on the site, Colleluori told the Representatives. Colleluori said in June that the city is on track to dispose of 66,000 tons of trash in 2022. The volume at the transfer station has only increased since Stamford raised its tipping fee in 2019. In contrast, Greenwich charges a $112 per ton fee. Transfer station users can bring up to 200 pounds of material daily in a passenger vehicle for free. However, the board would have to change the city's transfer station ordinance to implement a new fee schedule.Įven though the city raised its tipping fees in 2019, waste disposal in Stamford is still cheaper than in some neighboring towns. Even if that company is making one stop in Stamford, Colleluori explained, it can then take advantage of the transfer station's comparatively lower rates.Ĭity Representatives and Colleluori discussed increasing fees at the transfer station for vehicles not registered in Stamford in response to the high traffic, an idea pitched by Rep. now, he might start his routes in Greenwich, reverse and come up to Stamford," he said. "The garbage company that used to bring their waste to Greenwich.