• For the Brown (Residual Waste) Cart, you MUST bag your garbage.
• Blue (Recyclable) Carts do not need to have items bagged.
• Bags are banned in the Green Carts (Compostables), even if they are labelled "compostable." But if you would prefer, you may line your kitchen catcher or cart with paper, paper towel, or even pizza boxes. The carts and kitchen catchers can also be washed.

To offset the costs to residents of disposing additional waste, the Town has initiated a coupon voucher system. Instead of having Town crews collecting waste from the alleys once a year, the Town will be issuing vouchers to cover some of the disposal fees for large items that need to be taken to the Transfer Station. These coupons can be used by residents to dispose of additional waste that typically comes from spring cleaning, such as: appliances, old furniture, scraps of lumber, demolition materials, broken concrete, etc.

How it Works:

Each household in Taber will receive three (3) coupons per year. These coupons cover the disposal of 250kg of waste, and must be presented at the Taber Transfer Weigh Scale when used. The coupons can be picked up at the Town Office (A 4900 50th Street). Please bring ID with you in case we need to verify your address.

Alley: Carts should be on your side of the alley with the wheels facing your house. Make sure the arrow on the lid is pointing to the centre of the alley. Please leave at least 1 metre between the cart and other objects, and a 3 metre space above the cart.

Three reasons mainly: to save money, to help the environment, and to show municipal leadership.

With the new system, we pay approximately $30 per tonne to dispose of our compostable material, as opposed to the $110/tonne we were paying for landfill tipping rates. The Town transfers about 110 tonnes of garbage a week!

The new system places less garbage in the landfill, reducing energy and greenhouse gasses as well as increasing our recyclables.

Finally, there are very few places in Alberta that have composting programs. Taber's 3-cart system will show that composting programs are possible and make us a leader in small town municipal management.