{
 "answer": "In the Township of Loyalist, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Garbage and Recycling (rules page) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-26. Fee: PAYT Bag Tags $2.50 per tag; one tag per Garbage Container; multi-residential bin collection equivalent to 14.444 PAYT Bag Tags per cubic metre. Collection schedule: Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week. Accepted or banned: Hazardous materials should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001608",
 "municipality": "Loyalist",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.loyalist.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage and Recycling (rules page)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.loyalist.ca/living-in-loyalist/garbage-and-recycling/",
   "summary": "rules page: curb by 7 am, max 18 kg/40 lb per bag or can, bag tag required on every garbage bag; mainland pickup three days a week; Amherst Island residents use the landfill; brush and yard waste collected spring and fall.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "5dc6e136182277b176b13d88df22d9eb73de35de09211b33a13645ed05494dba",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5dc6e136182277b176b13d88df22d9eb73de35de09211b33a13645ed05494dba.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Hazardous materials should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Mainland curbside pickup of garbage and recycling happens three days a week.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "should never be placed in household garbage, recycling, or poured down drains"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/loyalist/garbage-recycling/garbage-and-recycling/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Management & Littering By-law 2015-063",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-06-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.loyalist.ca/council-and-administration/by-laws-and-enforcement/waste-management-littering-by-law/",
   "summary": "Curbside garbage and recycling rules: set out after 6 pm the day before, by 7 am; containers max 18 kg (40 lb); 77 L can or bag max 30x38 in; PAYT bag tags required on garbage bags; blue box; brush limits; waste disposal site acceptance. In force July 1, 2015, repealing 2012-108.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "41b768c5ac9e4a7a084096813caff3a0756afb41a773c5718f9ae87f8ad83cb6",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2015-063",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/41b768c5ac9e4a7a084096813caff3a0756afb41a773c5718f9ae87f8ad83cb6.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Ward 2 and Ward 3: once per week (or other frequency determined by Council); Ward 1: no curbside collection.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "No limit to number of Garbage Containers; Garbage must be placed in a Garbage Container.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned at landfill: recyclable cardboard/boxboard from industrial/institutional/commercial, construction materials, drywall, hazardous waste, lawn/garden waste, dead animals, septic waste.",
    "fee": "PAYT Bag Tags $2.50 per tag; one tag per Garbage Container; multi-residential bin collection equivalent to 14.444 PAYT Bag Tags per cubic metre."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 10; s. 11; s. 18",
    "sorting_required": "s. 12; s. 14",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 26; s. 12",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"C\"",
    "fee": "s. 29; s. 30; s. 45"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/loyalist/garbage-recycling/bylaw-2015-063/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/loyalist/garbage-recycling/"
}