Green Cart Food and Yard Waste program

Green cart food and yard waste

The City of Calgary provides composting through the Green Cart program. This service is available to single-family residential homes. 

Compostable items include food scraps and yard waste like leaves, branches and grass clippings. 

The program works together with the Blue Cart and Black Cart programs to help Calgarians manage their waste responsibly.

Green cart tips

  • Weekly pickup from April - Oct. Every other week pickup from Nov. - March.

  • Separate food from packaging before composting.

  • Fill your cart first, then use paper yard waste bags and roll tops closed.

  • Set out green cart by 7 a.m. on your collection day.

Reduce food waste this holiday season

Use your green cart for all your compostable items:
 
  • Bones, meats and cheese
  • Cooking oils, fats and grease (soaked in paper) 
  • Muffin and baking paper liners, toothpicks (no decorations) and wood chopsticks 

Remove food from its packaging before placing it in the green cart.

Find your composting pickup schedule

Use the scheduling tool to find your blue, green and black cart collection days, sign up to get free pickup day reminders or print a physical calendar.

Find your pickup day

  • Type your address in the search box.
  • For holiday changes, see the holiday schedule.

Sign up for free reminders

  • Type your address in the search box
  • Select Get a reminder
  • Choose preferred notice type (email, phone etc.)
  • Add contact details and preferred day and time for your weekly reminders

Print a calendar

  • Type your address in the search box
  • Select Get a calendar
  • You can print a calendar or add an online calendar (Google, iCal, Outlook)

Download the Calgary Garbage Day app

  • Get weekly notifications directly on your smartphone.
Download on the App Store
Get it on Play Store
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Cart customer service

For cart customer service including:

View all cart customer service information

Don't know where to put an item?

What Goes Where

Use our online search tool to look up recycling, compost, and safe disposal options for hundreds of items.

Look up items for disposal

Green cart information

Guides and booklets

Download the Green Cart Compost guide

Download the How to Use Your Carts guide

Download the What Goes Where one-page guide

Using your other carts

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