Deer Ridge Community Association

After a long winter, the parks and green spaces get filled with light garbage and paper materials. If you have the time to come to Yellow Slide Park Shade Shelter on Saturday, June 6 at 9:00 am, the Deer Ridge Community Association could use your help cleaning up the Parks and Green Spaces. Bottled water, hand sanitizer, gloves and garbage bags will be available. Water, juice boxes, coffee, donuts and snacks will also be waiting for you.

Thank you for volunteering and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

June Deer Ridge Journal Newsletter

After a long winter, the parks and green spaces get filled with light garbage and paper materials. If you have the time to come to Yellow Slide Park Shade Shelter on Saturday, June 6 at 9:00 am, the Deer Ridge Community Association could use your help cleaning up the Parks and Green Spaces. Bottled water, hand sanitizer, gloves and garbage bags will be available. Water, juice boxes, coffee, donuts and snacks will also be waiting for you.

Thank you for volunteering and we look forward to seeing you on Saturday:

Do you have junk or household items you would like to recycle or dispose of for free? Bring your items to the Queensland Community Centre on May 30, 2026, and recycle or dispose of your items.

Electronics Recycling and Metal Recycling are also available for drop off.

Community Cleanups are designed to accept household items that do not fit in your black cart. Commercial waste from businesses or professional contractors is not accepted by City garbage trucks.

Find the full list of accepted and unaccepted items at https://www.calgary.ca/waste/drop-off/community-cleanup-items.html

Accepted items (City garbage trucks):

• Non-donatable furniture (e.g. mattresses, sofas, chairs, desks, dressers, outdoor furniture)
• Oversized non-donatable household items (e.g. broken blinds, grandfather clocks, taxidermy items)
• Toilets, sinks, and similar fixtures
• Cabinetry
• Broken recreational items (e.g. old treadmills)
• Lumber from old fences and decks
• Carpets and rugs
• Ceramics

Unaccepted items (City garbage trucks):

• Car batteries
• Tires
• Glass (e.g. windowpanes, glass tabletops)
• Household appliances containing freon (e.g. refrigerators, freezers)
• Liquids (e.g. including cooking oil)
• Household hazardous waste (e.g. propane tanks, paint)
• Household chemicals (e.g. gardening, cleaning, automotive chemicals)
• Sod or dirt
• Railway ties
• Commercial waste
• Yard waste, or green cart material
• Recyclables or blue cart material

We are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, May 30.