Black Cart garbage collection
The City of Calgary provides black cart garbage collection to single family homes. Black carts are collected every two weeks.
Set your cart out by 7 a.m. on your collection day.
Our bins can hold up to 60 kg of material or four standard garbage bags.
If your cart is full, you need to buy tags to put on extra garbage bags for pickup. Place tagged garbage bags 0.5m (2 ft) to the side of the cart.
For more tips, see Using Your Black Cart.
Right bin for the win! Safe battery disposal
Mix up means mess ups, dispose of dead household batteries safely.
- Batteries can’t go in any of your bins, they get crushed in the trucks and cause fires at recycling, composting, and landfill sites.
- Batteries must go to retail drop-off locations for safe handling.
Household batteries include:
- Non-rechargeable alkaline batteries such as AA, AAA, and button batteries are used in remote controls and wireless keyboards.
- Rechargeable batteries (lithium ion, nickel, lead acid batteries) used in cellphones, laptops, and cordless power tools.
Dispose of batteries by taking them to a participating retailer for free. Locations include London Drugs, Staples, Home Depot, Rona, Ikea, and Best Buy. Check with stores for details.
For more information, visit calgary.ca/battery.
Calgary garbage day tools
Find your pickup schedule
Print a calendar
- Type your address in the search box
- Select Get a calendar
- You can print a calendar (currently experiencing schedule issues when printed); or
- Add an online calendar
Sign up for free reminders
- Type your address in search box
- Select Get a reminder
- Chose type of notice
- Add your contact details
Download the Calgary Garbage Day app
Never miss a collection day by downloading the Calgary Garbage Day app onto your mobile device.
Customer self-service
Request cart for a new home
Report a missing or damaged cart
For more details, see Replacing Your Cart.
What can go in your Black Cart
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See which items can go in your black cart.
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See which items cannot go in your black cart.
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Find out how to dispose of other items.
How to use your Black Cart
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See how to prepare your garbage.
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See how to place your cart on pickup day.
About Black Cart Program
Who receives a cart?
We provide black carts to single family homes up to four units, as long as they are not part of an apartment or condominium.
Black Cart fee
Your monthly cart program fees are not a "per-collection" fee but cover all the components of the residential cart programs, including providing carts to Calgarians, pickup from your home, disposing of material as well as education and program support.
Black cart service is moving from property tax support to a user fee on your bill. To learn more, visit Residential Waste Rates.
Black cart full?
If your black cart is full and you have extra bags of garbage that will not fit, you will need to buy tags to put on extra garbage bags for pickup.
If you are aware of illegal dumping, please contact 311 to report the issue.
Other disposal options
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Take your residential waste to one of the City Eco Centres to recycle, reuse or dispose of oversized or large quantities of waste.
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Find a community recycling bin location near you.
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Recycle your old and unused electronics for free.
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Dispose of household hazardous waste at our drop-off locations.