Curbside Garbage (Black Cart)

 We encourage residents to do a household waste audit to really evaluate what their waste needs are before downsizing to a cart. If you're using your Green Cart, chances are you've already noticed a change in how full your Black Cart is.

A $30 cart swap fee will apply in 2025.

The monthly fee covers:

• Collection of garbage from your home and container management
• Processing (landfilling)
• Education, bylaw and program support
• Debt repayment for smaller carts

We encourage residents to try the small cart for a couple collections to see what works. Adjusting to your smaller cart may take some time.

The small cart is designed for 2-3 45L kitchen garbage bags. If materials are packed too tightly in the cart, they will not fall out of the cart during pickup. Please do not overfill, wedge or overpack the waste into the carts. If possible, store materials until next collection date.

Tips: Cut up large materials like furnace filters, use small kitchen bags and look at what materials can go into your blue and green cart.

It is important residents review their utility bill to confirm their services. If the record doesn’t match billing, residents can contact Corporate Revenue Customer Service at 306-975-2400 or revenue@saskatoon.ca to review the property and update our records.

When deciding on cart size, consider the following:

• What volume of garbage bags do you use (check the box they came in)?
• How many garbage bags do you place in the black cart every two weeks?
• Use the volume of the bags along with the number of bags to determine the volume of garbage your house typically produces in one collection period.
  • ie 45 L bag X 5 bags is 225 L, which means you could choose the 240 L or stay with the 360 L. The 120 L would be too small in this example.

Also consider the following when deciding on cart size:

• Are there times of the year when you will have more garbage than normal such as a holiday, when guests are visiting, or after a seasonal cleaning? Consider what you will do with excess garbage during these times. Remember that loads of garbage under 150kg (330lbs) brought to the landfill are only changed a $15 entrance fee.

Existing black carts are kept in the field unless residents request a smaller size. When a smaller cart is requested, a new cart will be deployed, the old cart retrieved, cleaned and put it into inventory for future use if it is still in good condition. This inventory from retrieved carts will help to reduce the need for future purchases of the large carts for those choosing to maintain the current size cart.