{
 "answer": "In the City of Ottawa, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Solid Waste Services By-law No. 2024-453 (consolidation), verified 2026-10-25. Collection schedule: Garbage: bi-weekly per scheduled collection day; recyclable material: weekly for Yellow Bag Program; containerized garbage: weekly; curbside Monday to Friday. Accepted or banned: Banned: hazardous waste, appliances, construction/demolition waste, tires, needles/sharps. Accepted: recyclables, organics, leaf/yard waste, bulky items.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001687",
 "municipality": "Ottawa",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-25",
 "official_website": "https://ottawa.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Services By-law No. 2024-453 (consolidation)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/laws-licences-and-permits/laws/laws-z/solid-waste-services-law-no-2024-453",
   "summary": "City of Ottawa consolidated solid waste by-law (amended by 2024-534, 2025-2, 2025-467, 2026-22, 2026-91 and others): collection of garbage, recycling and green bin, set-out rules, limits, prohibited items.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "82aaaf902aecc4ec4a8af38e4257cbf06cecd6fd080f9f39e9b74bb59fab9120",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:23:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "capture_method": "wayback-id",
   "capture_wayback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261002052950id_/https://ottawa.ca/en/living-ottawa/laws-licences-and-permits/laws/laws-z/solid-waste-services-law-no-2024-453",
   "document_number": "2024-453",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/82aaaf902aecc4ec4a8af38e4257cbf06cecd6fd080f9f39e9b74bb59fab9120.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Garbage: bi-weekly per scheduled collection day; recyclable material: weekly for Yellow Bag Program; containerized garbage: weekly; curbside Monday to Friday.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Residential curbside: 3 garbage items per scheduled collection day; additional garbage requires yellow bag. Yellow Bag Program: 16 yellow bags bi-weekly; 2 fibre and 2 GMP carts weekly.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: hazardous waste, appliances, construction/demolition waste, tires, needles/sharps. Accepted: recyclables, organics, leaf/yard waste, bulky items.",
    "fee": "Annual residential garbage collection fee levied on municipal tax bill: $267.00 per curbside dwelling unit; $184.00 per multi-residential containerized unit; yellow bags $4.40 each (sold in pouches of 4 for $17.60)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 7(2); s. 7(6); s. 7(9); Schedule \"C\"",
    "sorting_required": "s. 9(8)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 10(1); s. 13(1); s. 14(2)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"E\"; Schedule \"F\"; Schedule \"G\"; Schedule \"H\"; Schedule \"I\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ottawa/garbage-recycling/bylaw-2024-453/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ottawa/garbage-recycling/"
}