Caution Updated:

  • New! With continued snowmelt and rising waters, the Calgary Fire Department advises against boating and all other water activities on the Bow and Elbow Rivers, effective June 29, 2026. Learn more

Residential recycling and disposal search tool

Receipts (thermal paper)

How to recycle receipts (thermal paper)

Thermal paper

  • Put into your blue cart or take to a community recycling depot

Put paper retail receipts:

  • Into your blue cartĀ for recycling
  • Take to a community recycling depot

Special instructions

Remove staples, paperclips or other metal before recycling.

Map of community recycling depots