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Drumheller prepares for October curbside recycling

The approaching transition separates recycling questions from ordinary garbage service.

Drumheller's new curbside recycling service is scheduled to begin on October 1, 2026. The town's recycling notice identifies Circular Materials as the organization providing and managing the program. It describes a producer-responsibility arrangement for packaging and paper, rather than an expansion of ordinary garbage collection.

On its Drumheller service page, Circular Materials says 360-litre carts are to be delivered during September. That delivery plan does not establish that every household has received a cart. The page directs questions about missing or damaged containers, missed pickups and accepted material to E360 Solutions at 587-217-1975.

The operator also provides a local guide and marks an accepted-material list as effective October 1. Those dates matter when residents compare an older leaflet with the approaching service. A September cart arrival and an October collection start are separate milestones.

This notice reports the announced transition, not measured recycling results or a guarantee of an individual pickup. For an address-specific schedule or an item that is not clearly covered, the local operator's instructions are the relevant next check; neighbouring communities may not use the same collection arrangements.