Calgary composting: green cart collection begins in northeast week of Sept. 4

The City of Calgary will begin collecting green cart composting bins from homes in the city’s northeast the week of Sept. 4.

“This year September marks both the start of fall and the start of a new garbage routine for northeast residents,” City of Calgary spokesperson Philippa Wagner said.

Calgarians already use blue bins for recycling and black bins for their garbage.

The green carts, which are the same size as the blue and black bins, will be used for all food and yard waste including meat, bones, plate scrapings, tree branches and pet waste.

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Starting the week of Sept. 4:

• Green and blue carts will be picked up every week on the same day.
• Black carts will be picked once every two weeks on a different day than the green and blue carts.

“We’re encouraging everyone to take a look at the information that is delivered with the carts and make note of their new collection days,” Wagner said.

Free collection day reminders are available through the Calgary Garbage Day app, or by text, email, phone call or downloadable calendars.

The reminders can be set up at calgary.ca/collection.

Green cart collection began in the southwest the week of July 18 and in the northwest the week of Aug. 14.

The City of Calgary says the two quadrants have kept over 5,300,000 kilograms of food and yard waste out of city landfills by using their green carts, which exceeded their expectations.

For more information about the green cart program, visit calgary.ca/greencart.