Residential Garbage Collection
For concerns regarding missed collection, delays or other conditions affecting collection please call the Garbage Hot Line at 403.948.8877. This line is updated regularly with information and checked frequently for messages.
RMW Consulting Inc., provides residential waste collection services for the City of Airdrie. Scheduled pick-up days and pick-up procedures are below, please review these procedures to ensure efficient collection of your waste. Also, please note loose garbage is not permitted in your garbage bins and may be refused. All garbage must be bundled or tied.
The City of Airdrie has a two garbage unit limit.
What if I have more than two units?
Garbage tags for additional units may be purchased for $3.00. These additional units may then be placed out for pick up (one garbage tag per unit up to a max. of five units total per household).
Garbage tags for additional units may be purchased for $300 by Airdrie residents at the following locations:
- City Hall (400 Main Street)
- Airdrie Co-op (2700 Main Street South)
- East Side Recycle Depot (15 East Lake Hill)
- Genesis Place
- Shoppers Drug Mart (804 Main Street)
- Shoppers Drug Mart (Kings Heights)
- Shoppers Drug Mart (8th Street)
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
| Bayside Coopers Crossing Hillcrest Luxstone Morningside Prairie Springs Windsong |
Airdrie Meadows Edgewater Jensen Old Town Ridgegate Summerhill Waterstone |
Big Springs King’s Heights Meadowbrook Thorburn Ravenswood |
Canals Sagewood Willowbrook |
Fairways Main Street Trailer Park Silver Creek Stonegate Sunridge Woodside Reunion Williamstown |
| Garbage must be out by 7 a.m. for pick-up! Please make sure to put it in the right spot to ensure it is not missed! Condominium complexes and apartments are not charged for residential collection, therefore, they are not eligible for door to door pick-up. |
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A unit of waste is a garbage bag up to 660 mm x 914 mm (26” x 36”) or a garbage can from 70 to 100 L and shall not weigh more than 34 kilograms (75 lbs). The standard galvanized garbage can is 77 L.
Larger bags or cans are counted as two units. Oversize bags are considered one and a half units. Each household is allowed to place two units of waste at the curb for pick-up.