Tell One Friend: Try the WasteWise App

Try WasteWise on edmonton.ca/waste and then download the WasteWise App. The app answers easy questions about what waste goes where, when to set out waste, and more. WasteWise is available for FREE on Google Play, and Apple App Store. 

This one small ask can open the door to bigger behaviour changes down the road. The app is a great tool to help Edmontonains learn to sort their waste into the black cart and kitchen scrap carts effectively. Once residents begin sorting their kitchen scraps out of the garbage, the step towards home composting is much smaller. 

The WasteWise app can also help residents find out when their new carts arrive and the new collection schedule. Notifications can be set up online or through the app to remind residents when to set carts out for collection. 

As usual, it’s still an effective tool to use when it comes to sorting recycling and household hazardous waste if you don’t know where it goes! 

Share Your Message Effectively

Try these tips to connect with friends, family, neighbours, and co-workers.

Model the Behaviour

Tell a friend that you use the WasteWise App to remind you when collection day is.

Make it Normal
Talk about how whenever you don’t know where things go, use the app for help finding out what waste goes where.

Offer Timely Prompts

Have you checked when your new carts are coming and how your collection schedule changes?

Give Positive Feedback
Thanks for using the WasteWise App!

Visit www.edmonton.ca/wastewise

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Tell One Friend: How to Learn About the New Carts

The Edmonton Cart Rollout is a big step for Edmonton’s zero waste framework and towards 90 percent waste diversion. Carts will make it easy to sort waste at home and will help keep utility rates stable into the future.

Edmontonians want to learn how to use their carts including:

• New collection schedules
• How to set out carts
• What goes where

Learning about Edmonton Cart Rollout is easy:

• Visit edmonton.ca/waste
• Sign up for a Cart Rollout Information Session:
• These 45-minute sessions give a general overview of the cart rollout, plus time for questions. Sessions begin on March 3
• Use the WasteWise app:
• Search for “What Goes Where,” find your collection schedule, and try the sorting game. Download the WasteWise app for FREE from the App Store or Google Play

Tell One Friend: Continue Spreading the Word About Carts

It's Almost March 2021 and The way Edmontonians sort and manage waste at home is changing come next month. Residents will use carts to sort and set out their waste. 

The Edmonton Cart Rollout is the first big step in the City of Edmonton's journey to accomplish overall waste reduction and 90 per cent waste diversion through a zero-waste framework.

Waste collection will change. The new service will consist of:

• A garbage cart that will be collected every two weeks.
• Food scraps (120L) cart that will be collected weekly in spring, summer and fall and every two weeks in the winter.
• Recycling collected weekly in blue bags (no volume limits).
• Two seasonal yard waste collections in spring and two in the fall (no volume limits).

Share Your Message Effectively

Try these tips to connect with friends, family, neighbours, and co-workers.

Model the Behaviour

Tell friends, family and neighbours how you visited www.edmonton.ca/waste.

Tell folks when you downloaded the WasteWise app.

Make it Normal
Talk about how you’re looking forward to the arrival of your cart.

Offer Timely Prompts

Did you know that starting in March of this year, carts will begin to arrive at homes in Edmonton  and garbage collection will start to change?

Give Positive Feedback
Thank you for checking out www.edmonton.ca/cartrollout to learn more about carts.

Visit edmonton.ca/cartrollout

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Tell One Friend: Spread the Word About Carts

The way Edmontonians sort and manage waste at home is changing starting in March 2021. Residents will use carts to sort and set out their waste. 

The Edmonton Cart Rollout is the first big step in the City of Edmonton's journey to accomplish overall waste reduction and 90 per cent waste diversion through a zero-waste framework.

Waste collection will change. The new service will consist of:

• A garbage cart that will be collected every two weeks.
• Food scraps (120L) cart that will be collected weekly in spring, summer and fall and every two weeks in the winter.
• Recycling collected weekly in blue bags (no volume limits).
• Two seasonal yard waste collections in spring and two in the fall (no volume limits).

Share Your Message Effectively

Try these tips to connect with friends, family, neighbours, and co-workers.

Model the Behaviour

Tell friends, family and neighbours how you visited www.edmonton.ca/waste.

Tell folks when you downloaded the WasteWise app.

Make it Normal
Talk about how you’re looking forward to the arrival of your cart.

Offer Timely Prompts

Did you know that starting in March of this year, carts will begin to arrive at homes in Edmonton  and garbage collection will start to change?

Give Positive Feedback
Thank you for checking out www.edmonton.ca/cartrollout to learn more about carts.

Visit edmonton.ca/cartrollout

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Tell One Friend: Recycling Natural Holiday Trees

 8,570 trees, weighing more than 95 tonnes, were collected in 2020 for composting. Residents are asked to place their un-bagged, natural tree on its side and next to their garbage bags or carts by 7 a.m. on Monday January 11, 2021. Trees will be picked up until January 31, but not necessarily on your regular waste collection day. Please ensure the tree remains clear of snow and ice for ease of pick up.

For trees to be acceptable for composting, all ornaments, tinsel, garlands, nails, screws and
tree stands must be removed. Large trees should be cut into two-metre (6.5 foot) lengths.

Apartment and condo residents are asked to take their natural Christmas trees to a community Recycling Depot or an Eco Station for free until Saturday January 30, 2021. Trees should not be placed in or beside apartment recycling or waste bins. More information and guidance for artificial trees can be found here. 

Share Your Message Effectively

Try these tips to connect with friends, family, neighbours and co-workers.

Model the Behaviour
Set out your natural Christmas tree by 7 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2021, free of decorations and lights.  

Make it Normal
Would you set out your natural Christmas tree by 7 a.m. on Monday, January 11, 2020, ensuring that the tree free of decorations and lights for composting?

Give Positive Feedback
"Thanks for setting out your natural Christmas tree on time; free of decorations and ready for collection and compost by the City of Edmonton.”

Visit edmonton.ca/christmastrees

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