{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000344",
 "municipality": "Medicine Hat",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.medicinehat.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Bylaw No. 1805",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1976-12-20",
   "document_url": "https://www.medicinehat.ca/media/35wnm5wb/1805.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes a system for collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, refuse, and waste in the City of Medicine Hat; originally passed December 20, 1976.",
   "capture_sha256": "c254493b94dffc86feb19ca92850c85540c9a47cffec63b5e1698222222cac07",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c254493b94dffc86feb19ca92850c85540c9a47cffec63b5e1698222222cac07.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Residential Waste Cart required for waste; Recycle Cart for recyclables; Yard Waste Cart for yard waste.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Prohibited: tires, appliances, hazardous waste, building materials, items >4ft. Yard waste/recyclables cannot be bagged.",
    "fee": "Daily rates per unit in Schedule \"A\"; waste diversion charge in Schedule \"B\"."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 16(3), s. 16(3.1)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 16(2), s. 16(3.1), s. 16(3.2)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 16(11), s. 16(15), s. 16(16)",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\", Schedule \"B\", s. 6.1(3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/medicine-hat/garbage-recycling/text-c254493b94df/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/medicine-hat/garbage-recycling/"
}