Useable household goods
Reuse useable houshold goods, give to family and friends or donate to participating charities. See Alberta Recycling Hotline for more options.
Broken and usuable household goods
Put unusable cookware or housewares in your black cart as garbage. These items include the following:
- Dishes, plates, and serving platters
- Lamps and lampshades
- Knives
- Clocks
- Window blinds
- Air mattresses
- Electric toothbrushes
- Garden hoses and snow shovels
- Sewing machines
- Typewriters
Special instructions
- Package glass items and knives safely by putting them into a puncture-resistant, non-breakable container (e.g. plastic tub, plastic pail, laundry detergent container, etc.)
- Or wrap in two layers of paper and place in a tied bag.
- Labels as 'sharps' with a permanent marker and place in your black cart.