• Due to traffic and large equipment on site, please keep pets and small children in your vehicle for everyone's safety
• Follow all posted signage
• Dispose of plastic bags and other garbage at the provided waste receptacles

COVID-19 

• City staff are not permitted to help residents unload material
• Maintain 2 m distance from others
• Consider visiting during non-peak hours.

September 20, 2021: The Restrictions Exemption Program was implemented at Servus Place and Fountain Park Recreation Centre. To purchase "Extra Garbage" bag tags at these locations, residents must provide proof of vaccination. St. Albert Place remains an essential service and open to the public with no proof of vaccination requirements.

Bag tags for the "extra garbage" tag program at the Mike Mitchell Recycling Depot are required. These tags can be purchased for $2.25 each at Servus Place, Fountain Park Recreation Centre or St. Albert Place. Tags with an expiry date are not accepted.

Please note: garbage bags can weigh a maximum of 50 pounds and can be a maximum size of 76 centimetres by 86 centimetres (30 inches by 34 inches). No large items, construction, or demolition materials accepted.

Please keep paper products separate according to bins at the Recycling Depot.

Acceptable
	Books (hard and soft cover)
	Boxboard (cereal boxes, packaging, etc.)
	Corrugated cardboard
	Catalogues, magazines
	Clear glass jars and containers
	Food cans and tins
	Newspapers and flyers
	Paper waste
	Styrofoam blocks from electronics, appliances, or furniture

Unacceptable Paper Waste
	Wet or soiled paper products*
	Soiled pizza boxes*
	Shredded paper*
	*These items can go in the  Green Organics Cart

Types of electronics that are accepted or not accepted at the Mike Mitchell Recycling Depot.

Acceptable
	Televisions
	Computers, monitors, towers and accessories (keyboards, mouse, etc.)
	Cell phones, telephones, answering machines
	Radios, CD players, mp3 players, speakers
	Cables and wires
	Printers, photocopies, scanners
	Laptops, tablets and accessories
	Microwaves
	VHS, DVD, BluRay players
	Small appliances such as a blender, coffee maker, hand mixer, etc.

Unacceptable
	Large appliances (e.g. stove, fridge, etc. See Seasonal Waste Programs  for options)

The Depot accepts passenger vehicle and bicycle tires as well as the rims. The following can be dropped off:

• Car, light/medium truck tires - rim diameter up to 19.5"
• Off-the-road tires - rim diameter up to 39"
• Bicycle tires

Household hazardous waste includes products that are:

• Corrosive - Can eat away at surfaces, including skin (Examples: Batteries, drain cleaners and oven cleaners)
• Flammable - Burn or ignite easily (Examples: Paints, oils and barbeque starters)
• Explosive - Can explode when mixed with other chemicals or react under pressure or heat (Examples: Aerosol cans)
• Toxic/Poisonous - Can be poisonous or lethal to living organisms, even in small quantities (Examples: Bleach, cleaning fluids and pesticides)

For a complete list visit our Household Hazardous Waste page

Styrofoam blocks must be empty, clean, and dry to be accepted.

Acceptable
	White Styrofoam Packaging ONLY
	Styrofoam blocks from electronics, appliances or furniture

Unacceptable
	Soiled or dirty packaging
	Styrofoam cups or plates
	Coloured Styrofoam
	Packing peanuts
	Food take out containers
	Meat trays
	Tape, staples, contaminants

The City of St. Albert does not accept the following items:

	Appliances
	Paint brushes, rags or rollers
	Biomedical waste
	Plastics
	Ceramics
	Plate glass/Pyrex
	Expired medications
	Pressurized gases
	Explosives
	Propane tanks or canisters
	Fireworks
	Radioactive waste
	Gasoline/diesel or any other fuels or their containers
	Rubber
	Munitions