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We can no longer recycle styrofoam as there isn’t a market to send it to any more. Thank you for your understanding. – Mt. Lorne Transfer Station

Good morning everyone! April is almost here and that means our summer hours (open Fridays) are too! Technically summer hours start on April 1st, but as good Friday falls on Friday April 2nd we will remain closed and our summer hours will start NEXT Friday April 9th. Thanks!– The Mt. Lorne Team Summer Hours (AprilContinue reading “Hours Update”

Good morning everybody! We haven’t been able to clear all the snow from the transfer station, so the lower portion of the transfer station, i.e. brush, construction and metal are not accessible. Please do not bring these materials to Mt. Lorne Transfer Station until next week. If you have to, Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake andContinue reading “Snow Update”

We are taking the Free Store online! If you have items that you would normally drop off at the free store (see list below), please post them on the Mt. Lorne Transfer Station Free Store Trading page on Facebook, or email us at mt.lorne.ts@gmail.com and we will post your items with your contact information onContinue reading “Free Store Update”

On March 20th the Mt. Lorne Transfer station stopped bottle depot services due to uncertainty and safety issues posed by Covid-19. However since then we’ve taken steps to make sure that our operations are safe for staff and customers and we are now confident that we can resume our bottle depot services and our recyclingContinue reading “Mt. Lorne Transfer Station Recycling and Refund Update (Effective May 22)”

On March 20th the Mt. Lorne Transfer station stopped bottle depot services due to uncertainty and safety issues posed by Covid-19. However since then we’ve taken steps to make sure that our operations are safe for staff and customers and we are now confident that we can resume our bottle depot services and our recyclingContinue reading “Mt Lorne Transfer Station Recycling and Refund Depot Update (Effective May 1)”

Please read below the Yukon government news release: https://yukon.ca/en/news/recycling-services-tipping-fees-temporarily-suspended-light-covid-19-pandemic So you’re probably wondering just what can we recycle? Well we can still divert around 50% of our waste from the landfill by the following: Compost / organics – these comprise around 50% of domestic waste all by themselves. So grab a bucketfor compost and eitherContinue reading “Recycling services, tipping fees temporarily suspended in light of COVID-19 pandemic”

Due to the ongoing risk posed by Coronavirus (COVID-19) we will be reducing some of our services. Our goal is to make the transfer station safe for attendants and site users while ensuring that we can continue to offer our core services of waste diversion and recycling. As of this weekend we will be temporarily closingContinue reading “Mt. Lorne Transfer Station Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Update”

Hi Everybody!! Spring is coming and so are tipping fees. But did you know that 75% to 80% of household garbage is recyclable, meaning no disposal fees on recyclable stuff. So let’s help each other. Recycle more – pay less, win-win for you, us and the environment!! Ask us for help on setting up home recyclingContinue reading “Message from the Staff at Mt Lorne Transfer Station”