Carts for New Homes

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Moving into a new home in Edmonton? Getting carts is easy. The process depends on if you are moving into a newly constructed home or an existing home.

Newly Constructed Home

Contact EPCOR to set up utilities for your new address. Your carts will then be automatically delivered within 8-10 business days.

You will receive:

1 garbage cart (240L)
1 food scraps cart (120L)
1 food scraps pail
A collection calendar, What Goes Where poster and brochure about the program

Your waste services are paid for through a monthly utility fee, which appears on your EPCOR bill. Your service begins when you receive your carts, unless you’ve specified a specific move-in date with EPCOR.

If you don’t receive your cart within 10 days of setting up your account, please contact Waste Customer Support at wastesupport@edmonton.ca.

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Existing Home

Your existing home should already have carts left behind by the previous owners. This includes:

1 garbage cart, either small (120L) or large (240L)
1 small food scraps cart (120L)

If one or both carts are missing, the previous owners may have mistakenly taken them. Report your cart(s) as lost using the cart maintenance and exchange form. Your replacement cart(s) will be delivered to your address within 5 business days.

Please note: the City does not provide replacement food scraps pails. Don’t have one? Repurpose an old pail or container, or buy a new one from a store. Most stores that carry home goods carry food scraps pails.

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Have Waste While Waiting For Your Carts?

Keep it until you receive your carts or take it to one of Edmonton’s four Eco Stations. Drop off is free for up to 2 bags of garbage, as long as it’s in clear bags with no food scraps, recycling or yard waste mixed in.

New to Using Carts for Collection?

Resources

Our welcome brochure provides an overview of your waste collection service, and our What Goes Where poster is a handy reference for sorting waste. If you would prefer hardcopies of these materials, call 311 or email wastesupport@edmonton.ca.

For more details about your cart collection, visit Curbside Cart Collection.

WasteWise App

Use the WasteWise app to help you sort your waste, view your collection schedule and receive collection day reminders. You can download it from the Google Play or Apple App stores or use it online.

Cart Size Exchange

Do you regularly produce a small amount of garbage? You can swap your large (240L) cart for a small (120L) cart and save $5 a month on your utility bill!

Request a cart size exchange

Excess Waste Program

If you have a large family (7+ people), or a member of your household generates non-hazardous medical waste, you can apply for the Excess Garbage Cart Program.

Learn more about the Excess Waste Program

For More Information

Telephone	In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311
Email	wastesupport@edmonton.ca