{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000062",
 "municipality": "Ladysmith",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.ladysmith.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "1588 Garbage Recycling and Organics Collection Bylaw - Consolidated",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.ladysmith.ca/docs/default-source/bylaws-2021/1588-garbage-recycling-and-organics-collection-bylaw-consolidated.pdf?sfvrsn=f906f5db_16",
   "summary": "Regulates collection of garbage, recycling, and organics; establishes schedules and container requirements in Ladysmith.",
   "capture_sha256": "a3cca16f6036d3eaa4d8d62c5dd1138684fef872054da9dc40e24cf92e3660d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a3cca16f6036d3eaa4d8d62c5dd1138684fef872054da9dc40e24cf92e3660d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Garbage and recycling biweekly on alternate weeks; organics weekly",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "One garbage and one organics container per unit; max 70 litres (120 litres after Jan 1, 2027); 22 kg (20 kg after Jan 1, 2027)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: hazardous, biomedical, construction, wood, garden waste, oil, batteries. Accepted: newsprint, cardboard, paper, metal, plastic, compostable kitchen waste.",
    "fee": "$17.50 per unit per month; garbage tags $3.00 per tag"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 5.1, s. 10.1, s. 11.1",
    "sorting_required": "s. 9.3, s. 9.4",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 5.1, s. 10(c)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 9.1, Def. \"RECYCLABLE MATERIALS\", Def. \"ORGANICS\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\" (Bylaw 2225)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/ladysmith/garbage-recycling/text-a3cca16f6036/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/ladysmith/garbage-recycling/"
}