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; 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

Report a missed collection

Request additional carts

Please review the options available to you.

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

How to use your Black Cart

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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