{
 "answer": "The City of Prince Rupert, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Collection and Disposal of Solid Wastes Bylaw No. 3550, 2024, verified 2026-10-26.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000113",
 "municipality": "Prince Rupert",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://princerupert.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Collection and Disposal of Solid Wastes Bylaw No. 3550, 2024",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-12-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.princerupert.ca/media/1669",
   "summary": "Repeals Bylaw 3480 (2021). City supplies 120L refuse and 240L recycling bins (240L refuse on request); solid waste out by 7:00 am, bins removed by 11:59 pm; bins not overfilled, bagged waste, 45 kg max; landfill rules, fees and schedules; offence fines.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "5a69d11537b218a1390907e6df5777ca6e4adc8a0281dfff387976c3ee5c3e29",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "3550",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5a69d11537b218a1390907e6df5777ca6e4adc8a0281dfff387976c3ee5c3e29.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Residential solid waste collected once each service period; service period every three weeks or shorter per published schedule. Commercial solid waste collected twice each service period, Monday and Thursday (except holidays).",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "One 120 litre refuse bin and one 240 litre recycling bin per dwelling unit each service period; commercial max two bins per collection day; no bin with contents over 45kg.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Curbside recyclables accepted; City collection excludes construction/demolition, wood, garden waste; Landfill prohibits hazardous, biomedical, explosives, tires, batteries.",
    "fee": "Residential minimum annual charge $538.97 per dwelling unit (2024); commercial minimum quarterly charge $415.46 for two bins picked up twice per week; rates in Schedule \"F\"."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 5.3(a); s. 5.5; s. 5.7",
    "sorting_required": "s. 3.1(m), s. 3.1(n)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 5.8; s. 5.1(b); s. 6.6(j)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"D\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"F\"; s. 11.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/prince-rupert/garbage-recycling/bylaw-3550/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Collection and Disposal of Solid Wastes Bylaw No. 3550, 2024 (bylaw page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.princerupert.ca/index-pages/bylaws/collection-and-disposal-solid-wastes-bylaw-no-3550-2024",
   "summary": "City bylaw listing page for Bylaw 3550.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "2281b36df5fe618270b0dbf5397932428edb7783a8d6eff68916cd29032e8982",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "3550",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2281b36df5fe618270b0dbf5397932428edb7783a8d6eff68916cd29032e8982.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/prince-rupert/garbage-recycling/bylaw-3550-2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage and Recycling (City page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://princerupert.ca/services/garbage-and-recycling",
   "summary": "City page: colour-coded collection zones and 2026 schedule; 120L default garbage bin since 2022.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "1777a8f91831d1498213a629434dbe03078edb869eec5910545e0af395efe688",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1777a8f91831d1498213a629434dbe03078edb869eec5910545e0af395efe688.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/prince-rupert/garbage-recycling/garbage-and-recycling/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/prince-rupert/garbage-recycling/"
}