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Vacuum cleaner dust
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In Calgary, put this in the
Black cart — Garbage
Vacuum and sweepings dust goes in the black cart.
Also searched as: vacuum dust, dustpan contents, sweepings.
Why the black cart?
Household dust is a blend of synthetic carpet fibre, hair, grit and microplastics — too mixed and too contaminated to compost. Calgary directs vacuum contents and sweepings to garbage.
Get it right
- Empty bagless canisters directly into the black cart (do it outside on windy days).
- Vacuum bags go in whole — no need to empty them.
- Dryer lint follows the same rule: black cart, not green.
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Look up your black, blue and green cart collection schedule by address.
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