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What waste service do Edmonton townhouse and condo residents receive?

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The City's multi-unit collection standards show what bins and schedules townhouse and condo complexes are entitled to; the exact bin counts at particular complexes and neighbours using a labelled bin aren't in any public record and will be dropped.

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Multi-unit service standards and the affected complexes' collection records settle the cart numbers, sizes, streams and pickup schedules.

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Taken from Edmonton Rant and Rave post on garbage service, 2026-09-10, read end to end. Every factual claim in it was extracted and merged, so this question is listed whatever became of it.

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  1. A development of about 20 Edmonton townhouses has three residential garbage bins and no large bin.

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    • 20 townhouses (approx.) and 3 residential garbage bins. No big bin.

      Bright Crow D.

  2. Some Edmonton condo or townhouse households receive small black bins that hold about two garbage bags.

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    • The bins that are condo uses or gets are the small black bins big enough to fit two garbage bags

      Prairie Nuthatch W.

  3. At least one Edmonton townhouse complex has one large shared garbage bin collected weekly.

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    • I live in a town house where there is 1 large garbage bin that is picked up weekly.

      Copper Muskrat C.

  4. At least one Edmonton townhouse complex has separate compost and recycling bins beside its garbage bin.

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    • A separate composite bin as well as a recycle bin have also been put beside it.

      Copper Muskrat C.

  5. Some Edmonton residents report that neighbours use garbage bins specifically labelled for another household.

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    • neighbors in our complex that use our specifically labeled bin as their own

      Frosty Jackrabbit M.