After a fire at the sorting facility, Calgarians were asked to avoid throwing flammable items into their blue bins.
At around 9: 30 on Wednesday, about 2,000 families left complete recycling bins after a fire broke out at the sorting facility in the southeast. m.
While the cause of the fire is still under investigation, Sharon Howland, who owns waste and recycling services, says fires are very common in the facility because.
No one was injured in the fire, Howland said, before the fire caused damage to the sorting machinery, the crew were able to put out the fire.
"We were lucky this time because it was a pretty big fire," said Howe . ".
"So we're talking about compressed gas cylinders like propane tanks, car batteries, flammable chemicals, electronics that contain lithium batteries, etc.
"Once it is crushed in a truck or equipment, it can ignite the fire in the facility.
As you can imagine, this is a very dangerous place for the occurrence of a fire.
"Out of about 80,000 blue bins scheduled to be picked up on Wednesday, Howland said about 2,000 were skipped because the truck was full and there was no place to dump recyclable items due to fire.
She said anyone who was skipped on Wednesday's Blue trolley pickup should empty their blue bins anywhere.
Or "really fill that blue box" and wait until regular pick-up next week.
Howe said regular blue warehouses will be resumed on Thursday to pick up the goods.
With more information provided, city officials will provide the latest information on the impact of the service.
For more information about what you can and can't go in your blue warehouse visit.