{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000271",
 "municipality": "Empress",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.villageofempress.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "2025 11 Garbage Bylaw",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofempress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2025-11-Garbage-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs municipal garbage and waste collection services and requirements in the Village of Empress.",
   "capture_sha256": "4387b18d26d51a38469fd988335a22a4166edcb794861965776ccdeea6b7aa2a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4387b18d26d51a38469fd988335a22a4166edcb794861965776ccdeea6b7aa2a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "once a week (every seven days); Wednesdays",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "4 bags per week standard; receptacles max 13.5 kilograms (30 Pounds)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Prohibited: liquid wastes, dead animals, petroleum, furniture, appliances, concrete, hazardous waste, ashes.",
    "fee": "$50.00 (4 or less bags); $57.00 (5-9 bags); $73.00 (10-15 bags); billed every two months"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Section 4.1; Schedule \"A\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Section 4.2; Section 5.4",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Section 2 \"Prohibited Waste\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"; Section 18.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/empress/garbage-recycling/text-4387b18d26d5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/empress/garbage-recycling/"
}