Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design.
In 2019, The City of Calgary assessed the waste composition of Black Carts and garbage bins, in the residential (single family and multi-family) sector and for businesses and organizations. More detailed information about each sector can be found in the description of the filtered datasets.
Annual Waste Volumes provides the number of tonnes of material managed at City of Calgary landfills, through the residential Black (garbage), Blue (recyclables), and Green (food and yard waste) Cart programs, and Household Hazardous Waste program.
Annual Waste Disposed at City of Calgary Landfills per Person monitors the total amount of garbage (in kilograms) disposed at the waste management facilities managed by The City of Calgary, including waste from private haulers. This measure does not capture waste that is generated in Calgary and disposed of at facilities not managed by The City of Calgary.
Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design. This dataset is for Green Cart waste from residential dwellings, and represents the weighted average of samples of 20-25 residences collected in 22 communities in each of the four seasons of 2020 (88 samples). The communities sampled were selected to collectively represent the range of housing types and demographics in Calgary. The weight per cent composition is provided for a number of material categories and subcategories. For more information please visit: Green cart composting
Waste & Recycling Services Performance Measures are used to assess the performance of The City of Calgary's waste services. Four measures have been approved for the One Calgary 2019-2022 Service Plans and Budgets: annual waste disposed at City of Calgary landfills per person, annual Black Cart waste collected per household, per cent of residential waste diverted from landfill through Blue and Green Cart programs, and average response time for a Waste & Recycling Service Request. See Accountability Reports for more information.
This dataset is for Black Cart and garbage bin waste from residential dwellings. The single family sector results represent the pooled average of samples of 20-25 residences collected in 18 communities in each of the four seasons of 2019 (72 samples). The communities sampled were selected to collectively represent the range of housing types and demographics in Calgary. The multi-family results represent garbage bin waste from multi-family complexes, and represents the pooled average of samples in each of the four seasons of 2019 (40 samples). The multi-family developments sampled included both low rise and high rise types, and all were customers of The City’s Commercial Collections service. The weight per cent composition is provided for a number of material categories and subcategories.
Waste Composition studies are periodically conducted by Waste and Recycling Services to help assess the performance of diversion and education programs and inform improvements and new program design.
