Commission History

The mission of the Kings County Region Solid Waste Commission is to provide for the efficient, economical and environmentally friendly disposal of solid waste in the Kings County Region. The Commission is committed to promoting the three R’s - “Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle” as a means of effective waste management and to educating the general public in the Kings County Region in this regard.

Over the past several years, a great deal of progress has been made in the area of waste management in Southern New Brunswick. Currently the southern area of the Province is divided into two regions. The Western portion serviced by the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission and the Eastern portion, designated as the Kings County Region, is serviced by the Kings County Region Solid Waste Commission.

The Commission evolved as follows:

  • The Provisional Committee studied the issue of waste management of several years and in 1992/1993 recommended that a Solid Waste Commission be formed to establish a state of the art Transfer Station to collect and transfer our solid waste to the Berry Mills Waste Management Facility.

  • The Kings County Region Solid Commission was formed in June 1994. The Commission is currently comprised of three Municipalities and 14 Local Service Districts as follows: Town of Sussex, Village of Sussex Corner and Village of Norton as well as the unincorporated areas which include the Parishes of Brunswick, Cardwell, Hammond, Havelock, Johnson, Kars, Norton, Springfield, Studholm, Sussex, Upham, Waterborough, Waterford and Wickham. The Kings County Region is one of twelve areas designated by the Government of New Brunswick as a Waste Management Region.

  • In October 1994, the Commission, having decided to look to the private sector, issued a “Call for Proposals” to design, finance, construct and operate a solid waste transfer station for a fifteen or twenty-year period. Proposals were received and negotiations followed and eventually a local company, Sussex Waste Management Ltd., owned and operated by Ralph Cunningham of Sussex Corner, was selected.

  • Once an agreement was reached, the Government of New Brunswick forgave the $1.3 million spent over the many years trying to solve the present and future problems of waste management in our region. Subsequently, the Federal Government gave an Infrastructure Grant to the Commission in the amount of $457,000.00 to cover approximately one third of the capital costs of the construction of the Transfer Station. As a result of this grant, the Commission was able to negotiate an equitable and financially viable long term solution for the citizens of our region.

  • In January 1995, a “Letter of Intent” was signed with our proponent Sussex Waste Management Ltd. who immediately hired consultants to undertake the design and subsequent construction of the Transfer Station. The Commission completed the purchase of the land from the Town of Sussex on McLeod Drive in the Sussex Industrial Park.

  • April 1995 the Commission finalized and signed a twenty-year agreement with the Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Corporation for the continued transfer of solid waste to their processing plant which was then operated by Tiru (NB) Inc.

  • The Transfer Station opened on May 1, 1995 and residential curb side service began to the Municipalities and the above noted unincorporated areas.

  • In July 26, 1995 the “Official Opening” of the new Transfer Station was held.

  • September 1995 brought together the partners of a Municipal Agreement without which, the planned solid waste strategy would not work. The Agreement was signed between the Commission and the Town of Sussex, Villages of Sussex Corner and Norton and the Minister of Municipalities, Culture and Housing (currently the Department of Environment and the Department of Local Government).


    • On April 30, 1997, the Commission was pleased to sign the final contract between the Commission and Sussex Waste Management Ltd., after operating with a Letter of Intent for two years.

    • The end of 1997 saw a move to form a provincial association of solid waste commissions. This organization was created to provide a forum for solving similar problems the Commissions have, in both solid waste disposal and in communications with Government. In 2007, the Commission rejoined the Provincial Association along with Westmorland-Albert.

    • On January 1, 2001, the two-bag wet/dry (green/blue) system was introduced in our service area.

    • In 2002 the Transfer Station was expanded to meet the needs of the Wet/Dry Program.



    Through the wet/dry system and due to our partnership with the Westmorland-Albert Solid Waste Corporation, the Commission is pleased to be participating in the following recycling programs:

    • Nike Re-Use a Shoe Program

    • Dairy Packaging Recycling Program

    • Electronics Equipment Recycling Program

    • Tim Horton’s Cups Recycling Program

    • Tire Recycling

    • PVC Recycling

    • Battery Recycling





    In addition to the above initiatives, all waste generated in the Kings region is transported to the Sussex Transfer Station where it is divided into green/blue was streams and shipped to Westmorland-Albert’s state-of-the-art facility for processing through their plant. Once in the plant all waste is processed through their sorting stations where all items listed on our wet/dry recycling guide are removed from the waste stream for recycling.

    The Commission is also pleased to be able to offer the following special events:

    • Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Recycling Days – every Spring and Fall

    • Residential Free Events – every Spring and Fall

    • Illegal Dumping Site clean-ups

    • Twenty-two (22) free residential battery recycling depots throughout the region




    We look forward to further development of our environmental initiatives as time goes on.