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Fall Yard Waste Collection

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Waste Services focuses on a healthy city and promotion of waste reduction which helps protect the environment, conserve valuable resources, send less waste to landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Edmonton Cart Rollout

The way Edmontonians sort and manage waste at home has changed.

Edmonton has transitioned to cart-based waste collection, with separate collection of food scraps and seasonal yard waste.

Learn more about the Edmonton Cart Rollout

Fall Yard Waste Collection

Fall yard waste collection begins September 20 for residents who have cart-based collection.

Find your yard waste collection days

Resources

Learn about how to manage your yard waste
Learn about new collection protocols
Learn how to set out your carts correctly
Sorting waste — what goes where?

Additional Resources

Request cart maintenance or swap your garbage cart size

Food Scraps Pail Manufacturer Warranty Program
Apply for Assisted Waste Collection
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WasteWise

Take the guesswork out of sorting your waste.

You can also search your collection day and set up a collection reminder.
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Yard Waste Options

Got leaves? Set out your yard waste on a fall yard waste collection day with no volume limits starting September 20. Yard waste collection days happen twice in the fall and twice in the spring.

Find your yard waste collection days

Learn how to set out your yard waste

No fall yard waste collection day coming up? Here are some options to manage your yard waste:

Add your yard waste into the food scraps cart.
Drop off excess yard waste to an Eco Station, free of change anytime during the year. Yard waste should be in plastic or paper bags. Yard waste in plastic bags must be debagged before placing it in the bin.
Use leaves, twigs and shrub trimmings as mulch to protect your plants through the winter and provide them with nutrients.

Sorting Your Waste

Cart Rollout

Separate food scraps from your garbage.

Drop-off

Facilities and locations

Eco Stations

Recycling Depots

Reuse Centre

Edmonton Waste Management Centre

Aggregate Recycling: Concrete, Asphalt

Waste Collection

Edmonton Cart Rollout

The way Edmontonians sort and manage waste at home is changing.

Setting out Waste for Collection

In order to be collected:

All waste must be set out by 7am on the correct collection day.
Recycling must be set out in blue bags at least 1 metre away from carts.
Set out garbage in your black cart and food scraps in your green cart. No extra bags or containers will be collected. Carts must be positioned and spaced according to the diagram on the side of your cart. Review these cart placement tips for more information.
Yard waste must be set out in paper or clear plastic yard waste bags or in bundles on seasonal yard waste collection days. You can also add yard waste to your food scraps cart.

On Collection Day

On collection day, ensure the collection trucks can empty your carts safely and neatly by:

Avoiding packing down waste such as grass clippings in the food scraps cart or extra garbage in the garbage cart
Having a closed lid that can easily open when the cart is tipped
Avoiding placing bulky items like styrofoam at the bottom of the garbage cart
Layering wet and dry items to ensure that waste can fall freely during the collection process and not be stuck to the sides of the cart

Yard Waste Collection

As part of the Edmonton Cart Rollout, yard waste will be collected twice in the spring and twice in the fall.

If you have cart-based collection, learn more about how and when to set out your yard waste
If you have not transitioned to cart-based collection yet, continue to set out your yard waste with your other waste

Report a Missed Collection

If your cart was set out correctly and was not picked up by 10pm on collection day, please leave it out. Then, report it in the "Need Help" section of the WasteWise online tool or on the WasteWise app, or by calling 311.

If your cart is half emptied and the remaining materials are stuck inside, please use a broom or shovel handle to carefully loosen it and set the cart out on your next collection day. If you have excess garbage as a result, please feel free to bring up to 2 clear bags to an Eco Station. The service is free of charge for clean garbage (no food scraps, yard waste or recycling in the bag).

In order to be collected, your waste must be set out correctly and by 7am on your collection day. Waste collectors will not be dispatched to pick up waste that was set out incorrectly or late. Check your calendar or the WasteWise app to make sure you set your cart out on the correct day.

Waste Reduction

25-year Waste Strategy

The 25-year Waste Strategy will help the City reach its goal of 90% waste diversion from landfill.

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Fall Yard Waste Collection