{
 "answer": "In the Town of Cobalt, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Solid Waste Management By-law No. 2015-016 (Office Consolidation), verified 2026-10-23. Collection schedule: Alternating weekly collection, one day per week, between garbage and recyclable materials.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001471",
 "municipality": "Cobalt",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.cobalt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Management By-law No. 2015-016 (Office Consolidation)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-07-21",
   "document_url": "https://cobalt.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2015-016-Solid-Waste-Management-Office-Consolidation.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Cobalt by-law establishing garbage, recyclables and refuse collection and disposal: landfill bans, collection services by dwelling type, holidays, organics, yard waste, bulky items, private collection, Haileybury landfill/transfer station and prohibitions. Consolidated through Resolution 2021-110.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "94140db93a1a2097a3b30d09b12608d581f71d0e60e30e9c5c494b676fc44515",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2015-016",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/94140db93a1a2097a3b30d09b12608d581f71d0e60e30e9c5c494b676fc44515.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Alternating weekly collection, one day per week, between garbage and recyclable materials",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Single dwelling: one garbage container and one recycling container; low-density bi-weekly limits: 4 bags/65 gal garbage, 6 bags/95 gal recycling; ICI: 4 bags/65 gal garbage, 18 bags/285 gal recycling",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted: recyclable containers, papers, cardboard, plastic film. Banned: hazardous, pathological, household hazardous, asbestos waste; no organics, yard waste, bulky items collected"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 4.5.1",
    "sorting_required": "s. 3.4.5 ii. — \"No owner shall bag recyclable materials within an approved container\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 4.1, s. 4.5.4, s. 4.5.5",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Appendix 01, Appendix 03, s. 4.10, s. 4.11, s. 4.12"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/cobalt/garbage-recycling/bylaw-2015-016/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/cobalt/garbage-recycling/"
}