{
 "answer": "In the Town of Aurora, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage, Recycling and Composting / 2026 Waste Collection Guide and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Fee: $6 per bag tag for additional garbage bags beyond the three-bag limit. Collection schedule: Recycling bi-weekly; garbage, organics, and yard waste collection implied regular curbside but specific days/frequency not stated in transcript. Container or bag limit: Up to three bags or containers for garbage; additional bags require a $6 bag tag; maximum 5 large items per special pickup.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001412",
 "municipality": "Aurora",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.Aurora.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage, Recycling and Composting / 2026 Waste Collection Guide",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/aurora-010-ca/media/ghllhu2j/2026_toawastecollectionguide_finalrevdec11.pdf",
   "summary": "rules page: 2026 guide: three bag/container limit, additional bags need $6 bag tag, large item pickup by appointment (max 5), broken glass packaging, calendar; GFL collects.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "4f197e26b82cfac7913b7f7cffbbcf7712edc63149cf257e92924c6e2597497f",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4f197e26b82cfac7913b7f7cffbbcf7712edc63149cf257e92924c6e2597497f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Recycling bi-weekly; garbage, organics, and yard waste collection implied regular curbside but specific days/frequency not stated in transcript",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Up to three bags or containers for garbage; additional bags require a $6 bag tag; maximum 5 large items per special pickup",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: plastic bags for yard waste, grass clippings, sod, soil, organic material in black plastic bags, construction waste",
    "fee": "$6 per bag tag for additional garbage bags beyond the three-bag limit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "\"Recycling is now managed by Circular Materials, with Green for Life (GFL) handling bi-weekly collection\"",
    "sorting_required": "\"New materials are being accepted in the recycling program\"; separate sections for garbage, recycling, organics, yard waste imply mandatory source separation",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "\"Place up to three bags or containers out for collection. Additional bags will require a bag tag.\"",
    "accepted_or_banned": "\"Yard waste in plastic bags, cardboard boxes, blue boxes or green bins will not be collected. Grass clippings, sod and soil are not accepted!\"",
    "fee": "\"Bag tags can be purchased for $6 each at Aurora Town Hall\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/aurora/garbage-recycling/garbage-recycling-and-composting-2026-waste-collection-guide/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Collection By-law No. 5590-14, as amended (office consolidation)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-06-24",
   "document_url": "https://records.aurora.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=29356&dbid=0&repo=Public",
   "summary": "Town of Aurora waste collection by-law, office consolidation (not official version); set-out rules, non-collectible waste, bag tag program (amended 2021).",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "6697269b7c8745af91d418b8be357d15006a40ab6884b2094c0d8420e4145c2c",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "5590-14",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6697269b7c8745af91d418b8be357d15006a40ab6884b2094c0d8420e4145c2c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "three (3) Garbage bags without Tags and three (3) with Tags, maximum six (6) total; five (5) Bulk Items; Recyclable Material, Source Separated Organics, Yard Waste unlimited",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Non-Collectible Waste, warm Ashes, liquids prohibited; Green Bin excludes Schedule \"B\" Not Acceptable Items.",
    "fee": "Tags available for purchase from the Town upon payment of an appropriate fee or charge set out in the Fees and Charges By-law."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 4.13(a)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 4.16(a)-(c)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 4.2; s. 4.9",
    "fee": "s. 4.16.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/aurora/garbage-recycling/bylaw-5590-14/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/aurora/garbage-recycling/"
}