Every vehicle entering the site must first report to the scale house.

The Scale House controls access to the facility. Authorized regular customers and waste haulers are issued identification decals for their delivery vehicles. These are used to identify the haulers and customers for the purpose of preparing scale tickets, invoices, and operation reports using our Scale House database.

Once the truck number and account are identified, the scale operator then determines the type of material to be disposed of and directs the customer to the drop-off location. Before heading to the appropriate location, the truck enters on the "IN" scale to be weighed. Once the waste is disposed off, the truck must return to the Scale House and enter onto the "Out" scale.

Commercial haulers are charged, by weight, according to the type of material being delivered.

The Tipping Fee for general mixed waste is $54.65 (2006 rates).  The Tipping Fee for separated Construction and Demolition types waste is $21.00 (2006 rates).

Reduced rates are available for Source Separated Organics and Recyclables.  Please contact our Markets and Quality Control Coordinator for further details.

Private residents who will be paying for disposal of small quantities of solid waste on a cash-upon-delivery basis will be allowed to dispose of solid waste only at the residential Transfer Station in Area B or white goods, etc... at Area C.

There are also separate bins for, newspaper, plastic, cardboard and leaves in the Fall located to the right-hand side before arriving at the Scale House. These bins are free to the public.

The Transfer Station is located just past the Scale House. It is designed for public drop off of residential waste from cars and small trucks. Bins are provided for separated materials and mixed waste. The transfer station is in place to provide residents with a safe area to dispose of waste thus keeping them away from the landfill. We also permit residents to drop off sorted metal and stove ashes at this location. There are signs identifying what type of waste belongs in each bin.

The Appliance and Scrap Metals area has roll-off containers where separated metal can be dropped off. All metal from this area is sent for recycling.

White goods (fridges, freezers, air conditioners, and other appliances) can be set aside within Area C for metal recycling.

Once a quantity of these appliances are accumulated, a contractor is hired to remove any CFC's before being sent for recycling.

Old propane tanks are separated from the other metal and stored in a fenced storage location. Once a quantity of propane tanks are accumulated , they are sent for recycling

Tires brought to the site should be brought to Area D. The Corporation sends these tires for recycling.

The Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corporation (TRACC) received many tires from the Corporation. 

To learn more about Tire Recycling visit: TSP Recycling or visit our Recycling Programs page.

Area E – Wood

Wood brought to the site through our Construction and Demolition Waste Program is mulched. The mulch is then used in the landfill as daily cover for the waste during wet seasons. The wood is also used to fuel our wood fired boiler, which in turn supplies heat to the Wet and Dry Plants.

In most Municipalities, residents can place their Christmas Trees at curbside for special collection, bring them to our site, or one of their Municipal drop-off points for Christmas Tree Recycling. Christmas trees are mulched and made available to residents for use at home around the base of trees, shrubs, or along pathways.

The landfill workface receives all materials that are not diverted for composting or recycling. This area is regularly staffed by a landfill attendant who controls traffic and inspects all materials. Equipment operators are involved in the compaction and covering of the solid waste being placed into the landfill. The material in the cell will generally consist of 4 parts solid waste to 1 part cover material. Solid waste is covered with 150 mm of soil at the end of each working day.

A landfill consists of a series of cells specially designed to house the waste. Before the Wet/Dry Program was implemented, a cell generally lasted one year. With the implementation of the Wet/Dry Program, a cell lasts up to three years. Separating at home makes a big difference. As the Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional sectors begin to sort, a cell will last even longer.

Cells consist of specially designed liner systems, which include 6 layers of alternating clay and plastic. This liner system prevents any leachate, or sludge from the waste, from contaminating the ground and ground water.

The liner also acts as a collection system for the leachate. All leachate from the landfill is sent to the Leachate Pond where it is treated and sent for final treatment at the Greater Moncton Waste Water Treatment Plant before returning back into the water system.

Cell # 9 was constructed in 2004 and should last up to three years as expected. At a cost of 1.2 million to construct, it is clearly evident that the Wet/Dry recycling and composting endeavors are well worth the effort.

A massive final cell closure project for cells #1 to #6 was carried over from the previous year and was completed in October 2002. Our very own compost was even used in this cell closure process. The New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government is very pleased with this closure as it is a higher standard than required by law.

To keep various other types of construction and demolition type waste out of landfill, there is a separate area on the site which is reserved for concrete, asphalt, and other similar type waste.

Elmtree Environmental Ltd. was incorporated in June, 1994 to provide contracting services to consultants in the environmental and earth sciences. The company head office is in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Contracting services are offered in the bioremediation field.

Elmtree Environmental Ltd. has four bioremediation facilities in New Brunswick. One of these facilities is on land leased from the Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Corporation in Moncton. This site was opened in 1995 for soil treatment to both the private and public sectors.

Elmtree Environmental Ltd. also offers property evaluations, produced as site assessments and/or environmental audits. The objective of this reporting is to assess the probability of site contamination, identify probable contaminated areas and assess potential environmental risks.

The range of services provided by an experienced staff familiar with regulatory bodies and industrial firms in the Atlantic provinces places Elmtree Environmental Ltd. in a solid position for controlled growth in the environmental and Earth Sciences field.

Atlantic Industrial Services (AIS) supplies integrated resource recovery and industrial services through a network of metals recovery, by-products recovery, and environmental services operations in North America. AIS also provides water and wastewater management services in Ontario. The company's metal recovery operations apply customized process technologies to recover metals from industrial by-products, focusing primarily on non-ferrous operations which recover copper and aluminum from wire and cable scrap. The company's environmental services operations provide a broad range of remediation, decommissioning and investment recovery, and other environmental services including analytical services and emergency response services.

The focus of Atlantic Industrial Services is the processing of hazardous liquid and solid waste, in order to add value through reclamation and reuse. AIS operates a wide variety of processing, storage, reclamation, treatment and disposal facilities throughout North America.

Source-separated Construction and Demolition debris can be dropped off at a reduced charge of $21.00/metric tonne.  This reduced rate was established in order to increase the use of this area greatly aiding in higher demolition diversion rates.

Segregated materials accepted include clean soil and gravel, land grubbing materials, concrete, bricks, asphalt, shingles, untreated wood, metal studs, structural steel, rebar and inert materials such as gyproc. Contractors wishing to use our Construction & Demolition Area should call our office at (506) 877-1050.

The Residential Dry Waste Process:

Dry waste from the residential sector is dumped onto the dry plant tipping floor.

Bags are loaded into an in feeder using a loader.  The in feeder is the beginning of the process, where dry waste is loaded onto the conveyor belt.

The dry waste heads into a presort cabin, where black bags, and large bulky objects are removed.  Large pieces of cardboard are also removed in the presort station, and placed on a conveyor belt, on course to the cardboard storage bin.

Transparent blue bags continue through a bag opener, where the bags are opened by machine.

The dry waste continues up the conveyor belt, where it will pass through five different sorting stations, and two sets of shakers.

Sorters in Station 1 remove reject material and place it in a reject bin, destined for the landfill.  Sorters also remove cardboard, which is added to the same cardboard conveyor as the pre-sort station.

The dry waste stream passes over the first series of shakers, which fluffs and polishes the material, making it easier to sort through in each of the following cabins.  Dust, debris, and other small items such as glass fall through the shakers, and into a reject bin.

In cabin two, sorters removing recyclables including cardboard, plastic film, newsprint, and plastic film, including grocery bags and uncontaminated blue transparent bags.  Separated materials are dropped through chutes into storage bins, where they will be held until they are bailed.  Sorters also remove sneakers, cell phones, and print cartridges, which are stored in smaller bins in the station.

The dry waste stream continues through cabin two, to a second series of shakers, which separates the waste into flat and round streams.  The flat stream (mainly paper and paper products) is past over the shakers to cabin three, while the round stream falls through the shakers, and onto a conveyor heading to cabins four and five.

Cabin three removes any reject material from the flat stream.  After reject material is removed, the mixed paper is stored until it is ready to be bailed. 

Sorters in cabin four remove any paper or newsprint mixed in with the round stream.  They also remove milk cartons, redeemable bottles, HDPE #2 colour bottles (such as detergent and shampoo bottles, and HDPE #2 natural bottles (such as windshield washer bottles and bottles from some cleaning supplies.

Cabin five sorts through the remaining waste stream, and removes #3 through #7 plastics (such as margarine tubs and plastic lids), and #1 PETT plastics (including pop bottles with no labels, and many dish detergent bottles).

The remaining waste then passes under a magnet, in order to remove and tin on aluminum cans.

Any remaining material is sent to a reject bin, and will be transported to the secure landfill.

The ICI Dry Waste Process

Source-separated ICI waste is brought to the Dry Plant.

It is unloaded on the ICI tipping floor and inspected for non-processable materials.

Recyclables are stored until they are ready to be bailed.

Recyclable goods are baled and stored for shipping.

-The Wet Plant receives all Wet waste and produces nutrient-rich compost in a controlled environment.

-Wet waste is unloaded on the Wet Plant tipping floor

-The waste is loaded onto a conveyor and sent through a bag opener.

-Filler materials such as wood chips, tree mulch or chipped cardboard are mixed with the waste.

-Materials smaller than 70 mm in diameter are separated by a trommel screen and sent for further processing, while larger items like green transparent bags and diapers are rejected from the processing line.

-Non-organic materials, or rejects, are then sent to the secure landfill.

-Remaining organic wastes pass under a magnet to remove all ferrous metals.

-The organic materials are then shredded and transferred to one of eight composting vessels where they will remain for 30 days.

-In the vessels, water, air and temperature levels are carefully monitored and controlled by computer to ensure ideal composting conditions.

-Compost turners scoop up the waste in the vessels, mix it and move it a couple of meters on a daily basis. Once the material reaches the end of the vessel it is ready to be sent for refining.

-Refining includes sending the compost through a second screen to remove any plastic.

-After the refining process, the material is sent to a maturing pad for three to six months.

-While there, the material is regularly turned and monitored.

-Once matured, the compost will be tested against national standards, at which time it will be ready for distribution.

Leachate is produced by rainwater running through an open landfill cell.  Leachate from the landfill is drained away and passes through a system of sewer pipes. The leachate is then directed to one main pipe, which runs directly into the Leachate Treatment Pond

Because new waste is continually being placed in the landfill, the leachate from the landfill is tested on a monthly basis to track and monitor leachate quality. The Leachate is tested for pH, temperature, oxygen demand, metals, and a variety of other parameters.

Nutrients (i.e. phosphate) are added to the pond on a weekly basis in order to help aerobic and anaerobic decomposition of the leachate. Aerators also help to get oxygen levels high enough for adequate decomposition.

Once pre-treatment is complete, the leachate is discharged to the City of Moncton sewer system via underground pipes and disposed of at the Greater Moncton Sewerage Treatment Plant.

Contact Information: 2024 Route 128, Berry Mills, NB

Mailing Address: PO Box 1397, Moncton, NB, E1C 8T6

Telephone: (506) 877-1050

Fax: (506) 877-1060

General Manger: Bill Slater

Operations Manager:  Trina Davidson

Environmental Operations Manager : Erin Klinghammer

Public Relations: Laura Brown

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-  Scale House -  Transfer Station -  Appliances and Scrap Metals -  Tires -  Wood -  Landfill -  Concrete and Asphalt -  Elmtree Environmental -  Atlantic Industrial Services -  Construction and Demolition -  Dry Plant -  Wet Plant -  Leachate Treatment Pond