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Residential Collection

Residential garbage and recycling are collected biweekly, with each zone collected on a different day. Organics is collected weekly from May-October, then changes to alternating biweekly collection from November-April.

See the garbage, recycling and organic trucks working around the city with our live Collection Truck Tracking Tool

Type in your address with our Waste Wizard to find your collection schedule or to sign up for reminders.

Consider downloading the free Lethbridge Loop app to receive collection reminders to your smartphone.

Pickup Hiccup: Residential Curbside Cart Tips

Help reduce pickup hiccups at your house by understanding how to place your carts for safe, consistent pickup. 

Garbage: Everything in your black cart must be bagged and tied. ​​Please keep our workers safe by keeping dangerous items like propane tanks out of your cart.  

Recycling: Recyclable materials should be placed loosely in your cart and not bagged.

Organics: Empty your kitchen pail into the green cart when the pail becomes full. Organic materials collected inside and outside your home should be placed loosely in your cart or bagged in paper bags.

Please do not overfill your curbside carts. The cart lids must fully close.

Have your cart out by 7 a.m. on collection day and make sure the arrow on the lid is pointing at the street or alley.​

​Not sure when your pickup day is? ​Use our Waste Wizard Tool​ to find out and to sign-up for reminders. ​​

Carts should be distanced from objects like a fence, garage, or car by at least 1.5 metres on both sides, 3 metres above, and 1 metre behind so the mechanical truck arms can safely grab them.

Please remember to leave space to protect your car or property and ensure your waste can be collected.

Be sure to return your cart to your property after pickup. Each cart is marked with a barcode specific to your address.​

You can submit a service request for missed collection, to fix a broken cart or have a cart replaced by calling 311.

Collection takes place between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on scheduled collection days. If your collection is missed, please wait until the next business day to submit a request to 311. Missed collection requests must be submitted within two business days after your collection day.

Demolition Bin Rentals

As of June 19, 2026, demolition bin rentals are temporarily unavailable. Demolition bins in service before this date will continue as scheduled.

Until further notice, contact a private sector supplier for demolition bin rentals. Residents may also use the Large Item Service for small amounts of residential waste or individual large items.

Large Item Service

Lethbridge offers a way to dispose of unwanted, bulky household waste such as couches, mattresses, household furnishings and more. The City offers access to two complimentary collections per year, a minimum of three months apart, at your convenience.

For more information, visit Large Item Service.

Contact Us

City Hall
910 4 Avenue South
Lethbridge, AB T1J 0P6

Phone: 311
or 403-320-3111 (if outside of Lethbridge)