{
 "answer": "In the Town of Bancroft, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by By-Law No. 29-2025 Garbage Bag Tag Policy and 2 other bylaws, verified 2026-10-19. Accepted or banned: Recyclable materials are prohibited in waste. Container or bag limit: Clear garbage bags required; each bag max 18 kg (40 lb) and 79 cm x 109 cm.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001415",
 "municipality": "Bancroft",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.town.bancroft.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 29-2025 Garbage Bag Tag Policy",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-04-08",
   "document_url": "https://bancroft.civicweb.net/document/139304",
   "summary": "Requires a garbage bag tag on every bag, curbside or landfill, from 1 Sept 2025. Residential tag $1.00 (2025) rising $0.50/yr to $2.50 in 2028; IC&I $2.00 to $3.50. Set-out 7 pm day before to 7 am; clear bags at waste site.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "d63b12c3a729978fcc2d5311f152f1b3e7021e191ba92538b770ab1149e6e4b3",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "29-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d63b12c3a729978fcc2d5311f152f1b3e7021e191ba92538b770ab1149e6e4b3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "accepted_or_banned": "Recyclable materials are prohibited in waste.",
    "fee": "Bag tag price constitutes a user fee for collection; residential fee: $1.00 (2025), $1.50 (2026), $2.00 (2027), $2.50 (2028 and subsequent); IC&I fee: $2.00 (2025), $2.50 (2026), $3.00 (2027), $3.50 (2028 and subsequent)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 2.2",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 2.2",
    "fee": "s. 2.5; s. 3.1; s. 3.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bancroft/garbage-recycling/policy-29-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law No. 78-2025 Tipping Fee Schedule, Dungannon Waste Disposal Site",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-12-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.bancroft.ca/UserFiles/Servers/Server_12235685/File/Departments/Garbage,%20Recycling%20and%20Landfill/2026%20TIPPING%20FEES%20WITH%20SCHEDULE%20A.pdf",
   "summary": "Amends By-law 87-2021; Schedule A sets 2026 tipping fees at the Dungannon landfill.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "5a696fed9e89c7023cbb8754e13c1e5148bb833e198ecdc40795b43ff4602a74",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "78-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5a696fed9e89c7023cbb8754e13c1e5148bb833e198ecdc40795b43ff4602a74.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepts scrap metal, white goods, tires, refrigerant appliances, bulky waste, C&D, non-hazardous contaminated soil, asbestos, recycling; unsorted waste surcharge."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bancroft/garbage-recycling/schedule-78-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Management (rules page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.bancroft.ca/town_hall/departments/garbage__recycling_and_landfill",
   "summary": "rules page: curbside schedule May 1 - Dec 31 2026, bag tag requirement and fees, where to buy tags, set-out times, recycling now run by province (EPR).",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "a8b3a7c9ff51a3e107dad0428128f4eb2aa8666869f04027ee0fd78cf54a6ecb",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a8b3a7c9ff51a3e107dad0428128f4eb2aa8666869f04027ee0fd78cf54a6ecb.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Clear garbage bags required; each bag max 18 kg (40 lb) and 79 cm x 109 cm.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepts electronics, passenger tires off rims, scrap metal, yard waste; household hazardous waste only on special days.",
    "fee": "Residential user fee: $1.00 (2025), $1.50 (2026), $2.00 (2027), $2.50 (2028 and subsequent); IC&I user fee: $2.00 (2025), $2.50 (2026), $3.00 (2027), $3.50 (2028 and subsequent)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 4.6",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Electronic Waste; Tire Waste; Scrap Metal; Yard Waste; Household Hazardous Waste Days",
    "fee": "s. 3.1, 3.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/bancroft/garbage-recycling/waste-management/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/bancroft/garbage-recycling/"
}