{
 "answer": "In the Town of Atikokan, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by By-Law No. 06-24 Establishing and Maintaining a Waste Management System (Waste Management By-Law) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Fee: Landfill tipping fees charged via tokens (Town Departments excepted); token and bag tag costs per Town of Atikokan Master Fees By-Law and schedules. Collection schedule: Garbage: weekly curbside; Monday–Friday by area per Schedule \"C\"; no pickup Saturday/Sunday. Recycling: blue box program encouraged; no pickup days stated. Accepted or banned: Accepted recyclables: paper, boxboard/cardboard, steel/pop cans, plastics 1–7. Recyclables banned from garbage; prohibited waste per Certificate of Approval.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001410",
 "municipality": "Atikokan",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.atikokan.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 06-24 Establishing and Maintaining a Waste Management System (Waste Management By-Law)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-11",
   "document_url": "https://atikokan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/06-24-Establishing-and-Maintaining-a-Waste-Management-System.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Atikokan waste by-law: set-out by 7:00 AM, not before 5:00 AM; container size/weight limits; collection regulations.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "06-24",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ec6b3fa0d11873646011e1b7faf369d448cc89197bffc9ab958ceaa6aa36103a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Garbage: weekly curbside; Monday–Friday by area per Schedule \"C\"; no pickup Saturday/Sunday. Recycling: blue box program encouraged; no pickup days stated.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Each dwelling: two free garbage receptacles weekly; two additional bags with bag tags. ICI: three free receptacles weekly; five additional tagged bags per building.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted recyclables: paper, boxboard/cardboard, steel/pop cans, plastics 1–7. Recyclables banned from garbage; prohibited waste per Certificate of Approval.",
    "fee": "Landfill tipping fees charged via tokens (Town Departments excepted); token and bag tag costs per Town of Atikokan Master Fees By-Law and schedules."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 4.1; Schedule \"C\"; s. 11.1",
    "sorting_required": "s. 6.3; s. 10.5",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 4.1; s. 4.2; s. 5.2; s. 5.3; s. 5.4",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"B\"; s. 6.3; s. 10.6",
    "fee": "s. 8.1; s. 8.5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/atikokan/garbage-recycling/bylaw-06-24/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage & Recycling - Town of Atikokan",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://atikokan.ca/life-in-atikokan/garbage-recycling/",
   "summary": "rules page: two free garbage receptacles, two more with bag tags; bags 50-120L, max 33 lb; recycling weekly Monday (GFL/Circular Materials); set out by 7 AM; Pipeline Road Landfill.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "4bd4ce383cd62ec1302dadf8efc91f93c167c058ede93aa1c62eef098d70e89d",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4bd4ce383cd62ec1302dadf8efc91f93c167c058ede93aa1c62eef098d70e89d.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Residential recycling weekly Monday; business/institutional recycling weekly Monday; garbage weekly; Monday holidays shift to Tuesday; Christmas/New Year residential recycling preceding Saturday.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Two free garbage receptacles per household; two additional bags allowed with bag tags; no limit on recycling receptacles within size/weight limits.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Hazardous waste (light bulbs, batteries, hazardous liquids) not accepted at Landfill.",
    "fee": "Two free garbage receptacles; additional bags require bag tags."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Collection Schedule",
    "sorting_required": "Dirty items or garbage will not be collected with recycling.",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Preparing garbage or recycling for pick-up",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Landfill",
    "fee": "Preparing garbage or recycling for pick-up"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/atikokan/garbage-recycling/garbage-recycling-town-of-atikokan/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/atikokan/garbage-recycling/"
}