Collect it.Store it.Donate it.Don't toss it!
$0 feesNew in Sage Hill. Locally owned.
Free pickup.You keep every cent.
Weekly pickups from your front step. No app, just a text. Homes, businesses, organizations and bottle drives.
We take it all
Anything with an Alberta deposit on it.
Cans, bottles, cartons, juice boxes, milk jugs, wine and liquor.
10 cents for 1 litre and under. 25 cents for anything over 1 litre.
In this bag so far
$1.10
- 10¢Crushed can, 355 mL, 10¢
- 10¢Water bottle, 500 mL, 10¢
- 10¢Beer bottle, 341 mL, 10¢
- 10¢Wine bottle, 750 mL, 10¢
- 25¢Milk jug, 4 L, 25¢
- 25¢Carton, 2 L, 25¢
- 10¢Juice box, 200 mL, 10¢
- 10¢Tall can, 473 mL, 10¢
Deposit rates: Beverage Container Management Board, Alberta
Every can counts
What's sitting in your garage?
10¢ each
25¢ each
You keep
$20.00
$0 fees. No minimum. No payout fee.
An app keeping 30% would take
$6.00
Some pickup apps keep up to 30% of your refund. We keep none of it.
An estimate at the provincial deposit rate. Your refund is the actual depot count. Beverage Container Management Board, Alberta.
How it works
Three steps. One text thread.
Text or scan to book
Scan the hanger, text us, or book online. Send your address and pick a day. That's the whole sign-up.
Bag them, leave them by the door
Any bag works. Set it out by 9 am on pickup day. You don't need to be home.
We collect, you get paid
We count at the depot, send you the itemised receipt and then an e-transfer for your full refund.
No guessing
You always know where your refund is.
Every pickup moves through the same six steps, and you get a text at the ones that matter. No blurry photo, no mystery total.
Booked
Confirmed right away.
Reminded
The evening before.
On the way
About 10 minutes out.
Picked up
Bags collected from your door.
Counted
An itemised receipt, sent to you.
Paid
Your e-transfer, every cent.
The Empties Guy
Example count receipt
1 L and under
Over 1 L
Example only. Yours shows your real count.
Where we go
All of northwest Calgary.
Launching in Sage Hill. Pickups run every day but Saturday, in two-hour windows, so your bags are never out all day.
- Hidden Valley
- Citadel
- Rocky Ridge
- Arbour Lake
- Ranchlands
- Silver Springs
- Scenic Acres
- Dalhousie
- Varsity
- Brentwood
- Charleswood
- Collingwood
- Hawkwood
- Bowness
- Montgomery
- Country Hills
- Sandstone Valley
- MacEwan Glen
- Beddington Heights
- Huntington Hills
- Thorncliffe
- Glacier Ridge
Not sure you're in? Text us your address.
Who we pick up from
Homes, businesses, and the whole team.
Homes
Weekly from your front step. Text the address once and it's on the route.
Book a pickupBusinesses
Restaurants, offices, condos. A set day each week, bins left on site, one clean statement.
Set up serviceBottle drives
Schools, teams and clubs. A bottle drive without the drive. We collect, count and send the refund to your group.
Run a bottle driveDonate it.
Rather give your refund away? Pick a local school, team or cause when you book and we match it, 100%.
Locally owned
The guy is Jugveer.
The Empties Guy is owned and run by Jugveer, a Sage Hill business owner. No call centre and no app. The person texting you back is the person at your door.
- Your text thread is your account.
- $0 fees. The full deposit is yours.
- Two-hour pickup windows, every day but Saturday.
The fine print
There isn't any.
No pickup fee
Not up front, not taken off your count.
No payout fee
The e-transfer is free.
No minimum
One bag is a pickup.
No app
Text from the phone you already have.
No account
No password, no profile, no code.
No all-day window
Two hours, and a text before we arrive.
Questions
The things people ask first
Sunday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Texts answered every day.
What can I put in the bag?
Anything with an Alberta deposit: cans, plastic and glass bottles, cartons, juice boxes, milk jugs, wine and liquor bottles. Empty them out. A quick rinse helps but is not required.
Do you really charge nothing?
Yes. $0 fees, no minimum and no payout fee. You keep every cent of the deposit.
How do I get my money?
We count at the depot, send you an itemised receipt, then an e-transfer for your full refund.
Which areas do you cover?
All of northwest Calgary, starting in Sage Hill. Not sure you're in? Text us your address.
When do you come?
Pickups run every day but Saturday. You pick a day and a two-hour window, we remind you the evening before and let you know when we're about 10 minutes away.
Do I need to be home?
No. Leave the bags by your front door and we'll let you know when they're collected.