{
 "answer": "In the City of Cambridge, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Region of Waterloo By-law 26-009 (Waste By-law), verified 2026-10-28. Fee: Waste Facility Material fees per Fees and Charges By-law; additional green cart $150. Collection schedule: Non-Downtown: Garbage bi-weekly, Recycling weekly; Downtown Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo: four days per week; other Downtown Areas: one or two days per week. Accepted or banned: Accepted: Recycling, Organics, Yard Waste, Bulky/Large Metal; banned: hazardous waste, electronics, batteries, liquids, construction material.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001447",
 "municipality": "Cambridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.cambridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Region of Waterloo By-law 26-009 (Waste By-law)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/regionofwaterloo-018-ca/media/w0jnt00x/by-law-26-009.pdf",
   "summary": "Region of Waterloo collects for Cambridge. Upper-tier Waste By-law governing collection of garbage, organics, recycling, yard waste and waste facilities across the Region incl. Cambridge; in force March 2, 2026; repeals By-law 17-007.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "70328ec8eff7fac0e56be24867d6657e6fa1e0f8010b2cb29983d279f3d93580",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "notes": "Regional collector: Region of Waterloo collects waste for Cambridge; its by-law governs collection here (Davie rule 2026-10-25).",
   "document_number": "26-009",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/70328ec8eff7fac0e56be24867d6657e6fa1e0f8010b2cb29983d279f3d93580.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Non-Downtown: Garbage bi-weekly, Recycling weekly; Downtown Cambridge/Kitchener/Waterloo: four days per week; other Downtown Areas: one or two days per week.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Garbage in Black Cart; Organics in Green Cart; Extra Garbage requires Garbage Bag Tag; Schedule B cart limits (1–6 Garbage Carts, 1–6 free Recycling Carts, no limit on Organics).",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted: Recycling, Organics, Yard Waste, Bulky/Large Metal; banned: hazardous waste, electronics, batteries, liquids, construction material.",
    "fee": "Waste Facility Material fees per Fees and Charges By-law; additional green cart $150."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "sorting_required": "s. 12",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 24(a); s. 21(a); s. 24(f); Schedule \"B\"",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "fee": "s. 44.1; Schedule \"B\" note 4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cambridge/garbage-recycling/bylaw-26-009/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Region of Waterloo - Garbage",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/programs-and-services/garbage-and-organics/garbage/",
   "summary": "Region provides curbside garbage collection every other week; bag tags, acceptable items and set-out sub-pages.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "0293c29304ecc92162b30410dbb65a880a6e083750a7b36ed32ff246debadc97",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0293c29304ecc92162b30410dbb65a880a6e083750a7b36ed32ff246debadc97.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cambridge/garbage-recycling/region-of-waterloo-garbage/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/cambridge/garbage-recycling/"
}