Heavy Item Garbage (HIG) collection offers residents the opportunity to dispose of large residential waste. It is a service provided in conjunction with your regular garbage pickup service. If you pay the residential garbage charge on your Town of Strathmore utility bill the HIG service is available to you.
In 2021, Council approved revising the Heavy Item Garbage program by reducing the number of events from five per year to two per year (April and September), with the addition of Trash to Treasure which promotes community sustainability, reduction in landfilling and fiscal responsibility.
| Year | HIG | Trash to Treasure |
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| 2023 |
April 17 to 21 September 18 to 22 |
April 13 to 16 September 14 to 17 |
| 2024 |
April 15 to 19 September 16 to 20 |
April 11 to 14 September 12 to 15 |
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We encourage residents to utilize the recycle facility, located at 101 Huxted Way, where possible to minimize recyclable materials from entering the landfills.
HIG Tags
Tags let our waste services operators know what can be collected and disposed of. All HIG items must be tagged, regular items with an orange tag and mattresses with a blue tag. Tags are available at the Municipal Building, 1 Parklane Drive. There is no fee associated with the tags.
Please note: HIG tags will NOT be given out the week of HIG Pickup.
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| Heavy Item Garbage - Mattresses |
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Starting in April 2022, mattresses put out for HIG collection will require a blue HIG tag. Blue mattress tags can be picked up at the Strathmore Municipal Building front counter with regular HIG tags. There is no additional cost to use a blue tag. "Close to 20 million mattresses end up in landfills each year, and just one mattress can take up to 40 cubic feet in a landfill. Up to 90 percent of your mattress can be broken down and recycled, so recycling is definitely a better option for the environment than tossing your mattress in the dumpster." (Consumer Affairs, April 2021) Through our waste services collection, The Town of Strathmore recycles collected mattresses. Each mattress is torn apart and separated into what is recyclable and what is not, I.E., wood frames, steel springs, polyurethane foam, and the outer foam. Outside of HIG collection week, mattresses can be disposed of at the recycling facility for a fee. Contact the Town or facility operator for current fees. Consider the condition of the mattress before disposing of it. A relatively new and still in good shape mattress can be sold, donated, or repurposed.
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Trash to Treasure
Trash to Treasure Days encourages residents to put any usable items out prior to the Heavy Item Garbage collection, so others can pick it up and give it a new home. This is a great opportunity to give unwanted items a new life while keeping them out of landfills!
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- Place your HIG marked, unwanted but reusable items at the same location you would place items for HIG collection. - At the end of the Trash to Treasure Days remove any items you want to keep, leave others for HIG collection. |
- Take only items marked with a HIG tag. - Respect other properties. - Do not discard unwanted items on another resident’s property. |
Residents are encouraged to use the Recycle Facility and the Take It or Leave It program located at 101 Huxted Way
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