Has Edmonton's bin-based garbage system made the city cleaner or dirtier?
· Said in 2 comments · 2 claims
Parked
The two readers split, so this is parked under the rule that GO needs both readers or one GO and one PARK. One reader said PARK: No published litter measure covers the years before and after the cart rollout, and 311 litter complaints would measure reporting rather than how dirty the city is, so this reopens if the City publishes a comparable cleanliness audit. The other said NO: "Dirtier than it has ever been" is a subjective before-and-after impression with no litter index or comparable baseline that a public record could confirm or refute.
- How far the work has got
- Registered
- Whether it is worth checking
- Parked
- What a reader can see
- Not published yet
Litter records and evaluations of the cart system's effect on exposed garbage settle both directions.
People arguing in both directions raised this question, and every claim they made about it is checked, whichever way it points.
Where it came from
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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The claims under it
Edmonton has become dirtier since the new garbage system began.
Said in 1 comment
our city is dirtier than it has ever been before
Hardy Elk A.
Edmonton's bin system prevents garbage bags from being exposed for birds to tear open.
Said in 1 comment
With the bin system, there shouldn't be bags available for birds to tear open.
Sunny Jackrabbit L.