Cart Content & Preparation

Green carts are manually inspected on an ongoing basis by City staff and the collection contractor (GFL). During inspections, contaminated green carts will not be collected and residents will be informed of the specific issue with an information tag left on the cart. Please ensure your green cart contains acceptable items only. Download the Recycle Coach app, or call the Eco-smart Hotline at (780)-980-7107 with any questions. Click here to learn more.

Waste is defined as any household items that aren’t organic or can’t be recycled. All waste must be put in a bag and placed in your black waste cart. Your cart will not be collected or emptied if there is loose waste.

• Items like glass that cannot currently be recycled are considered waste and should go in your waste cart.
• Use your waste cart for all sanitary products, wipes, and diapers. Flush smarter. Sort it. Don’t clog it!
• Glass drinking containers (pop, juice, beer bottles) can be returned to the Leduc Bottle Depot for a refund.

Do you routinely have more waste than can fit in your cart? Rent an extra waste cart for $13.12/month for a minimum of six months. Certain terms of service are in place for residents arranging for a second waste cart. Call the Eco-smart Hotline at (780)-980-7107 for details.

These materials DO NOT go in the black waste cart:

• Clean recyclables
• Organics
• E-waste
• Hazardous household waste

Organics – all food and yard waste and many items made from natural materials (compost).

Sorting organic material into your green cart will help our community achieve the 65% waste diversion target.

Extra organic carts are available for $8.73/month for a minimum of six months. Call the Eco-smart Hotline at (780)-980-7107 for details.

• Clean recyclables
• Waste
• E-waste
• Hazardous household waste
• Plastic bags, including thin grocery produce bags (only paper bags and 100% compostable bags are accepted in the organics cart)

It is best to place your organics loose in the cart. The only exception is pet waste, which must be bagged in an approved 100% compostable bag. Approved bags are marked by the manufacturer with both the U.S. and Canadian compostable logos and can be found at most retailers in Leduc:

Don’t know which material goes into which cart? Check out the Recycle Coach app.

Preparing your green organics cart for pickup is easy and will ensure all material can be emptied on collection day.

• Keep the cart lid closed.
• Line the cart with 100% compostable bags, paper towels, or newspaper so materials don’t stick to the bottom.
• Wrap material in newspaper or use approved compostable bags.
• Alternate layers of ‘brown’ material (leaves, shredded paper, cardboard, sawdust) and ‘green’ material (meat, dairy, garden waste).
• Store your organics cart out of the direct sun in a cool, well-ventilated area year-round.
• Put your cart out for collection on scheduled collection days, even if it is not full.
• Sprinkle the rim of your cart with a small amount of baking soda, vinegar, salt or garden lime.
• Place a briquette in the bottom of your cart.
• Keep food scraps frozen until your scheduled collection day.
• Rinse the cart weekly or every second week with a water/vinegar mix or a diluted bleach solution.

• Place carts on the street either in front of the sidewalk or in front of your driveway. The wheels must be touching the edge of the gutter with the cart facing forward, away from your home.
• Place the carts 1m apart from each other, the blue bags and parked vehicles.
• Place your blue bags on the boulevard or street 1m outside or behind (not between) the carts.
• Keep vehicles 1m away from the carts and blue bags on collection day.
• Ensure branches, fences, and utility lines are 1m away from, or above, the carts.

Place your carts at the edge of the lane on the driveway or parking pad with blue bags 1m away from the carts. As with front street collection, keep 1m clear on all sides of the carts, and above them.

• Place carts and blue bags on the street at the end of your driveway. It is illegal for other vehicles to park across your driveway so that space is available to you.
• Place blue bags behind your carts (at least 1m away).
• Try asking your neighbour to leave you more curb space on collection days.

The city may be able to work out special collection arrangements for circumstances such as those living in tight cul-de-sacs with very little curb space. Angle parking in cul-de-sacs is not allowed without formal permission from the City, but exceptions may be made if circumstances warrant it. Call the Eco-smart Hotline at (780)-980-7107 for more information.

Leduc residents are proud of their clean, green, and attractive community and of the impressive results we’ve achieved in diverting many tonnes of material from the landfill.

• Carts must be removed from the curb within 24 hours of collection.
• Find a storage location where carts are easy to access throughout the week when you have material to put in them and also on collection day.
• Cart storage must be accessible 12 months of the year so you can still easily pull the carts to the curb (or the lane) and back in the winter.
• Ensure your storage area is level so your carts won’t tip over.
• Your storage location should be a reasonable distance from the public sidewalk to minimize the view of carts from the street.
• To save space, consider storing one cart in front of the other.