{
 "answer": "Bowen Island, British Columbia has no garbage & recycling bylaw on record as of 2026-10-26. Earlier amendment to the inherited GVRD Area C waste regulations bylaw 729, setting 2004 receptacle tag rates.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000009",
 "municipality": "Bowen Island",
 "status_type": "Island Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage & Waste Collection Bylaws (Municipality page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://bowenislandmunicipality.ca/garbage-waste-collection-bylaws/",
   "summary": "Lists garbage parcel tax and decal rate bylaws and the two waste regulations amendment bylaws.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "f59620f8850eab0f057de970787ad77d8a7c459830754b4a879f60ea4da161ac",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f59620f8850eab0f057de970787ad77d8a7c459830754b4a879f60ea4da161ac.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/bowen-island/garbage-recycling/garbage-waste-collection-bylaws/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Collection, Removal and Disposal Regulations Amendment Bylaw No. 109, 2004",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-02-23",
   "document_url": "https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/34524",
   "summary": "Earlier amendment to the inherited GVRD Area C waste regulations bylaw 729, setting 2004 receptacle tag rates.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "db1c1504b97e24d47482d02fa4c02c6a9d77f61a33e9c3f3cc44336a9f4f7ead",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "109",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/db1c1504b97e24d47482d02fa4c02c6a9d77f61a33e9c3f3cc44336a9f4f7ead.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/bowen-island/garbage-recycling/regulations-109/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Collection, Removal and Disposal Regulations Amendment Bylaw No. 387, 2015 (amending GVRD Electoral Area C Bylaw 729, 1992, as amended by Bylaw 109, 2004)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-04-29",
   "document_url": "https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/65312",
   "summary": "Bowen's island-wide waste collection runs under inherited GVRD Electoral Area C Waste Collection, Removal and Disposal Regulations Bylaw 729 (1992); this amendment sets 2015 decal rates ($92 first receptacle, $135 each additional, $54 half-year, $6 one-time). Parent regulations text not online.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "dc266c4cee40ff06dbb078d3090154a00e5eac164ea3c629b3eb7af590537df6",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "387",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dc266c4cee40ff06dbb078d3090154a00e5eac164ea3c629b3eb7af590537df6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/bowen-island/garbage-recycling/regulations-387/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/bowen-island/garbage-recycling/"
}