Garbage & recycling across Manitoba
When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
43 of 137 municipalities in Manitoba have an adopted bylaw on garbage & recycling on file. Each row links the municipality's answer page and, where transcribed, the full text of the document.
| Municipality | Adopted document | Key facts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Altona Town |
By-law 1835/2025 Solid Waste Special Service By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Beausejour Town |
Solid Waste and Recycling Special Services By-law 1826-25
+1 more |
collection schedule: once a week · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Not more than TWO (2) standard bags (26" × 36"), maximum of 20 kg each of residential waste per week or ONE (1) standard garbage can (125L) | 2026-08-28 |
| Brandon City |
By-law No. 7378 (amends Solid Waste Collection and Disposal By-law 6965)
+1 more adopted 2023-12-18 |
collection schedule: Refuse and recycling once per week Tuesday to Friday; Organics every 4-day cycle May to October · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: only one refuse and one recycling cart per dwelling unit | 2026-08-28 |
| Carberry Town |
Garbage Special Service By-law 01-2025
+1 more |
accepted or banned: Household garbage, recyclables, tires, electronics, compost, concrete, paint accepted free; Construction waste, white goods charged. · fee: Household garbage free; Construction waste $300.00/MT; White Goods $25.00/unit; Scale $10.00 per use. | 2026-08-28 |
| Carman Town |
TOC By-Law No. 2083 Garbage/Recycling Compost Levy | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Dunnottar Village |
By-Law 951-18 Refuse | container or bag limit: no larger than 30 inches in height and 24 inches in width. They shall have a cubic content no larger than 5 cubic feet, having a gross weight of not more than 50 pounds · accepted or banned: Brush will only be collected if cut in three-foot lengths and bundled. Depositing refuse on public property prohibited unless approved. | 2026-08-28 |
| Flin Flon City |
By-law 34/94 Garbage By-law
adopted 1994-10-18 |
container or bag limit: Cans max 75 centimetres height, 50 centimetres diameter, 10 kilograms; bags max 20 kg (40 lbs) · accepted or banned: Hazardous waste prohibited. Bulky waste to grounds. Cold ashes only. | 2026-08-28 |
| Gilbert Plains Municipality Municipality |
2019-02 Recycling and Waste Bylaw | fee: an annual special service tax levied upon all taxable, grant-in-lieu and otherwise exempt property in the urban area (per Schedule B) | 2026-08-28 |
| Grandview Municipality Municipality |
2015 - Waste Disposal Grounds By-Law | sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Accepted: clean burn material, paint cans, chemical jugs, tires. Scrap metal removal prohibited. Demolition waste requires pre-approval. · fee: Commercial waste haulers: $25.00 to $200.00 per load; prepaid 'Tipping Fee' punch cards required. | 2026-08-28 |
| Lac du Bonnet Town |
Waste Management By-Law 70-26 | collection schedule: Garbage and recycling every two (2) weeks on Friday alternating; Yard waste weekly on Wednesdays from May 1 to October 31 · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: One (1) Cart Rolling - Garbage (360 Liter) and One (1) Cart Rolling - Recycling (360 Liter); max 250 pounds; three (3) paper yard bag(s) | 2026-08-28 |
| Morden City |
Waste By-law 18-2024 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of Emerson – Franklin Municipality |
By-Law 24-01 Garbage & Recycling | fee: annual special service tax upon properties | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain Municipality |
By-Law 1-2021 - Garbage & Recycling | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of McCreary Municipality |
By-Law #03-2024 Urban Curbside Recycling Special Service | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of North Cypress – Langford Municipality |
By-Law 1-2024 Waste & Recycling Special Service By-Law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of North Norfolk Municipality |
119-2024 Waste and Recycle Collection | fee: Special Service Tax annually | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of Roblin Municipality |
By-Law No. 6-23 Waste and Disposal (Special Service) | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Municipality of WestLake – Gladstone Municipality |
2021-03 Urban Solid Waste and Recycling Collection | collection schedule: Bi-weekly for residential properties; and Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly for small commercial and multi-unit residential properties as needed · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: All residential solid waste and recycling must be contained in the respective contractor provided collection carts | 2026-08-28 |
| Niverville Town |
Bylaw No. 775-17 Waste and Recycling Bylaw
adopted 2017-05-02 |
sorting required: True · container or bag limit: One rolling waste cart and one rolling recyclable cart per eligible residential property; waste cart max 34 kg · accepted or banned: Ashes, liquids prohibited in waste cart; hazardous waste and compostable materials must be disposed elsewhere | 2026-08-28 |
| Pinawa Local Government District |
Waste Management System - Bylaw 888-2021 | sorting required: True · container or bag limit: no more than two containers of Landfill Waste per week · accepted or banned: Allowed: Landfill Waste, Yard Waste, Combustible Waste. Prohibited: unauthorized disposal. | 2026-08-28 |
| Portage la Prairie City |
Solid Waste By-Law 04-8244 | collection schedule: Single/Two Family: fifty times per year; Multiple Family: minimum fifty-two times per year; Recyclables: twenty-five times per year (exclusive of statutory holidays) · sorting required: False · container or bag limit: 2 containers per cycle (tags for excess); Recycling: 200 litres (four containers) per collection day | 2026-08-28 |
| Riverdale Municipality Municipality |
Riverdale Municipality By-Law 2025-05 - Waste Transfer Site Tipping Fees | sorting required: True · accepted or banned: White goods, mattresses, tires accepted with fees. Asbestos, hazardous waste accepted only by prior arrangement. · fee: Schedule "A" sets fees per load by vehicle type; Residential Car/SUV No Charge; Commercial $40 per load to $400 per load. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Alexander Rural Municipality |
By-Law No. 05/22 Solid Waste Disposal By-law
adopted 2022-04-12 |
sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Prohibited: Vehicles, trailers, boats, septic tanks, Large Metallic Waste. Accepted: Household garbage, recyclables, oil, tires. · fee: Fees per Schedule A based on type/volume; Household Garbage/Recyclables no charge; Invoiced on site payable within 30 days. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of De Salaberry Rural Municipality |
2415-23 Recycling Services Bylaw
+1 more |
— | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Elton Rural Municipality |
By-Law 1646 Solid Waste & Recycling | sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Hazardous waste, liquid waste, dead livestock, radioactive waste, unbagged asbestos prohibited. Hazardous waste banned from bins. C&D, furniture, yard waste to specific sites. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Mountain Rural Municipality |
By-Law No. 05/18 Solid Waste Management | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Oakview Rural Municipality |
By-law 2020-2 Oak River Garbage Collection
+1 more |
fee: $75.00 per year up to a maximum of $95.00 per parcel · fee: $75.00 per year up to a maximum of $95.00 per parcel | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie Rural Municipality |
Delta Special Service By-Law No. 3197 (2023-2027)
adopted 2023-02-14 |
accepted or banned: Waste does not include construction, hazardous or chemical wastes, motor vehicle parts, used oil, animal carcasses. · fee: Special service tax calculated on the basis of the portioned value of assessable property | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Ritchot Rural Municipality |
Littering BL5-2011 | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Rockwood Rural Municipality |
By-Law 05/25 - Waste Management System
+2 more |
collection schedule: Limits stated per week; specific collection days not listed. · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Residential: 2 Landfill, 3 Yard bags/week. Commercial: 4 Landfill bags/week. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Stuartburn Rural Municipality |
Littering By-law | — | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of West Interlake Rural Municipality |
By-Law 20-2020 Waste Management | sorting required: True · container or bag limit: opaque garbage bag, not exceeding 20 kilograms (45 pounds); yard waste in paper or garden bag, not exceeding 20 kg's (45 Ibs) · accepted or banned: Landfill, recyclables, yard waste accepted. Unbagged landfill waste prohibited. Bulky and construction waste disposed at site. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of West St. Paul Rural Municipality |
Solid Waste By-Law 2020-14 | collection schedule: Garbage collection once per week on the same week day, Wednesday or Thursday; Recyclable collection once per week on the same week day, Wednesday or Thursday; Yard waste collection bi-weekly on the same week day, Wednesday or Thursday; starting the week of May 1st and ending the week of October 31st annually · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Collection Cart... approximate size of sixty-four (64) gallons and weight limit of 100kg; Yard waste containers should not exceed 22kg (50lbs); lid does not close | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Woodlands Rural Municipality |
By-Law 2798/24 - Solid Waste Disposal Facilities | sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Prohibited: Livestock mortalities, contaminated soils, asbestos, biomedical waste, septic wastewater. Accepted: Household waste, recycling, tires, appliances, e-waste, mattresses, scrap metal. · fee: Schedule 'A' fees by type/volume; Household Garbage/Recycling accepted at no charge. | 2026-08-28 |
| Rural Municipality of Yellowhead Rural Municipality |
By-Law 4-2010 - Regulate the Deposit of Waste on Public or Private Property
+1 more |
sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Accepted: Recyclables, scrap metal, oil, burnable items, household garbage bag. Prohibited: Untarped loads, waste on public property. · fee: Residential Free of Charge. Commercial $40.00 per metric tonne. Untagged fridges $40.00 per item. | 2026-08-28 |
| Snow Lake Town |
By-Law No. 976/19: Garbage and Recycling | collection schedule: Daily Pickup, Tri-Weekly Pickup, Twice Weekly Pickup, Residential Pickup - Quarterly · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Town-issued heavy duty plastic containers; garbage first placed in opaque plastic bags of minimum size 20 litre / 5.2 gallon | 2026-08-28 |
| Ste. Anne Town |
By-Law 8-2023 - Waste & Recycling Special Service Levy | collection schedule: Once Weekly, Twice Weekly, or Once or Twice Weekly depending on category · fee: Annual levy per property Roll # (e.g. 309.67 for 2024) | 2026-08-28 |
| Steinbach City |
By-Law Number 1194 (Nuisance Grounds, Town of Steinbach)
adopted 1989-08-21 |
accepted or banned: Prohibited: dead animal carcasses, oil hydrocarbons, septic tank/human waste. Burning prohibited unless authorized. | 2026-08-28 |
| The Pas Town |
Waste By-Law No. 4659 (2025) | collection schedule: approximately fifty times per year, exclusive of statutory holidays · container or bag limit: Two (2) bags without tag, or one waste container/stand. Excess bags tagged. · accepted or banned: Cardboard not picked up (commercial). Agricultural manure, biomedical wastes, sharps banned at grounds. Asbestos accepted summer only with notice. | 2026-08-28 |
| Thompson City |
Consolidated Solid Waste By-law | collection schedule: once-per-five working day cycle for residential; three-day-per week basis for multiple family/commercial · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Only one Waste Collection Cart shall be permitted and collected from each premises | 2026-08-28 |
| Winkler City |
2223-18 Waste, Recycling and Compost By-Law | collection schedule: weekly waste, compost and recycling pickup · fee: levied annually; $110.00 in 2019 up to a maximum of $150.00 in 2023 | 2026-08-28 |
| Winnipeg City |
Solid Waste By-law No. 30/2025
adopted 2025-03-27 |
collection schedule: 240 litres per week for residential; 120 litres per week for multi-unit · sorting required: True · accepted or banned: Special waste and non-collectible waste prohibited in garbage containers. Special waste must be taken to designated disposal facility. | 2026-08-28 |
| Winnipeg Beach Town |
By-Law 01-2024 - Solid Waste Regulation
adopted 2024-04-03 |
collection schedule: Refuse every Tuesday of the year; Recycling every Wednesday of · sorting required: True · container or bag limit: Max 30 inches height, 20 inches width; Weight not more than 11 kilograms (container), 34 kilograms (combined); Grass/leaves in paper bags | 2026-08-28 |
Nothing on file for garbage & recycling
Absence here is explicit, not a gap: each municipality below was checked, and its status says why there is no document.
Other bylaws on file, none on this topic (88) — Arborg, Cartwright – Roblin Municipality, Churchill, Dauphin, Gillam, Hamiota Municipality, Melita, Minnedosa, Morris, Municipality of Bifrost – Riverton, Municipality of Boissevain – Morton, Municipality of Brenda – Waskada, Municipality of Clanwilliam – Erickson, Municipality of Deloraine – Winchester, Municipality of Glenboro – South Cypress, Municipality of Glenella – Lansdowne, Municipality of Grassland, Municipality of Harrison Park, Municipality of Lorne, Municipality of Louise, Municipality of Minitonas – Bowsman, Municipality of Norfolk Treherne, Municipality of Oakland – Wawanesa, Municipality of Pembina, Municipality of Rhineland, Municipality of Russell – Binscarth, Municipality of Souris – Glenwood, Municipality of Ste. Rose, Municipality of Swan Valley West, Municipality of Two Borders, Neepawa, Powerview-Pine Falls, Prairie View Municipality, Rossburn Municipality, Rural Municipality of Alonsa, Rural Municipality of Argyle, Rural Municipality of Armstrong, Rural Municipality of Brokenhead, Rural Municipality of Cartier, Rural Municipality of Coldwell, Rural Municipality of Cornwallis, Rural Municipality of Dauphin, Rural Municipality of Dufferin, Rural Municipality of East St. Paul, Rural Municipality of Ellice – Archie, Rural Municipality of Fisher, Rural Municipality of Gimli, Rural Municipality of Grahamdale, Rural Municipality of Grey, Rural Municipality of Hanover, Rural Municipality of Headingley, Rural Municipality of La Broquerie, Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet, Rural Municipality of Lakeshore, Rural Municipality of Macdonald, Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah, Rural Municipality of Montcalm, Rural Municipality of Morris, Rural Municipality of Mossey River, Rural Municipality of Piney, Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Rural Municipality of Prairie Lakes, Rural Municipality of Reynolds, Rural Municipality of Riding Mountain West, Rural Municipality of Roland, Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Rural Municipality of Rosser, Rural Municipality of Sifton, Rural Municipality of Springfield, Rural Municipality of St. Andrews, Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Rural Municipality of St. François Xavier, Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, Rural Municipality of Stanley, Rural Municipality of Ste. Anne, Rural Municipality of Taché, Rural Municipality of Thompson, Rural Municipality of Victoria, Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach, Rural Municipality of Wallace – Woodworth, Rural Municipality of Whitehead, Rural Municipality of Whitemouth, Selkirk, St-Pierre-Jolys, Stonewall, Swan River, Teulon, Virden.
No bylaws published online (5, verified negatives) — Grand Rapids, Leaf Rapids, Lynn Lake, Municipality of Ethelbert, Mystery Lake.
Unconfirmed (1, leads but nothing verified) — Rural Municipality of Kelsey.