Garbage & recycling — Nanaimo, British Columbia

When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?

The City of Nanaimo, British Columbia has 2 adopted bylaws on file: Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw 2020 No. 7283; Municipal Solid Waste Collection Bylaw 2011 No. 7128, verified 2026-08-23.

Checkout Bag Regulation Bylaw 2020 No. 7283 adopted bylaw

Restricts businesses from providing single-use plastic checkout bags to customers, part of the City's waste-reduction regulation.

Municipal Solid Waste Collection Bylaw 2011 No. 7128 adopted bylaw

Governs curbside garbage/recycling/organics cart collection service, set-out rules and prohibited waste materials for the City of Nanaimo; consolidated 2025-DEC-15 (17 amendments).

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: https://nanaimo.ca · Last verified 2026-08-23 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities