{
 "answer": "In the Town of Collingwood, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage, Recycling & Organics (Town of Collingwood), verified 2026-10-19. Collection schedule: Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week (one week garbage, the next week recycling). Container or bag limit: Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week (excess garbage must have garbage bag tags affixed, placed 2ft from rolling carts).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001476",
 "municipality": "Collingwood",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "https://www.collingwood.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage, Recycling & Organics (Town of Collingwood)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.collingwood.ca/governance-engagement/garbage-recycling-organics",
   "summary": "rules page: County of Simcoe collects garbage/organics; recycling by Circular Materials/Emterra. Carts out by 7 a.m., removed by 7 p.m. next day, no earlier than 5 p.m. the night before; green bin weekly, garbage and recycling alternate weeks.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "02fc2c6cec65b68fdca967fc8442a62c55c462bd1ce8225d12fba6b01e932185",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/02fc2c6cec65b68fdca967fc8442a62c55c462bd1ce8225d12fba6b01e932185.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week (one week garbage, the next week recycling)",
    "sorting_required": false,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week (excess garbage must have garbage bag tags affixed, placed 2ft from rolling carts)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "\"Green bin collection occurs every week, whereas garbage and recycling collection alternate every other week\"",
    "sorting_required": "\"Recycling does not need to be separated into different bins, as materials are sorted later in the process\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "\"Max 5 tagged bags of extra material per collection week\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/collingwood/garbage-recycling/garbage-recycling-organics/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/collingwood/garbage-recycling/"
}