{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Fort St. James, British Columbia, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 832, 2006 (office consolidation June 10, 2024), verified 2026-10-26. Fee: Charges set out in Schedule \"A\"; Solid Waste User Rates 2021-2025 are paid twice annually; residential per dwelling unit $69.70 (2021) to $75.44 (2025). Collection schedule: Residential garbage collected once each week on the same day; commercial garbage collected three times each service period on the same days each week.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000038",
 "municipality": "Fort St. James",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.fortstjames.ca",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 832, 2006 (office consolidation June 10, 2024)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-03-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2024-12/832%20Garbage%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20%5BCONSOLIDATED%202024%5D.pdf",
   "summary": "Mandatory District garbage collection (s.5): residential weekly, commercial three times per period. Cans max 77 L and 22 kg, out by 7:00 a.m., lidded (s.10). Unacceptable materials include hazardous, biomedical, construction waste, batteries (s.9). Rates billed twice yearly: residential $75.44 (2025); seniors 25% discount (s.14.5.2). Schedule A runs only to 2025.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "99ce630e0c2f5aac19bacccdd2e9d8efce5e0aaef4f3a98f555d3d21c190868d",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "832",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/99ce630e0c2f5aac19bacccdd2e9d8efce5e0aaef4f3a98f555d3d21c190868d.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Residential garbage collected once each week on the same day; commercial garbage collected three times each service period on the same days each week.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: hazardous, biomedical, pathological, trade/industrial waste, raw sewage/septic sludge, demolition/construction waste, rocks, engine oil, oil filters, batteries.",
    "fee": "Charges set out in Schedule \"A\"; Solid Waste User Rates 2021-2025 are paid twice annually; residential per dwelling unit $69.70 (2021) to $75.44 (2025)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 6.2; s. 7.2",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 9.1",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"; s. 14.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/fort-st-james/garbage-recycling/bylaw-832/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 832, 2006 (bylaws page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortstjames.ca/government/bylaws-policies/garbage-collection-and-disposal-bylaw-no-832-2006",
   "summary": "District bylaw page for 832.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "5b96e8901f58640eb1056ad871c6d9b55d5bbe7858cb6a1c14df739797576705",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "832",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5b96e8901f58640eb1056ad871c6d9b55d5bbe7858cb6a1c14df739797576705.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/fort-st-james/garbage-recycling/bylaw-832-2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Rates Bylaw No. 1098, 2025",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortstjames.ca/sites/default/files/2025-11/1098%20Solid%20Waste%20Rates%20Bylaw%20-%20signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Solid waste rates bylaw (signed scan, text not machine-readable).",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "6f328d8bb1f8128a460fd38e4368a760d5038b1b361f63f775958bf7eab725f3",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1098",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6f328d8bb1f8128a460fd38e4368a760d5038b1b361f63f775958bf7eab725f3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/fort-st-james/garbage-recycling/"
}