{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Southwest Middlesex, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Bylaw No. 2018/025 Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-19. Fee: Bag tags $1.75 each; collection service fee of $150.00 for waste not in approved receptacles. Collection schedule: Weekly for residential, multi-residential, Downtown Core commercial, and commercial/institutional premises generating 5 or less tagged bags per pickup. Container or bag limit: Commercial/Institutional premises: 5 or less tagged bags per pickup; household waste must be in clear plastic bags with a bag tag.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001762",
 "municipality": "Southwest Middlesex",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw No. 2018/025 Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste and Recyclable Materials",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-03-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca/sites/default/files/2021-02/2018%20025%20Collection%20%26%20Disposal%20of%20Solid%20Waste%20%26%20Recyclables.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Southwest Middlesex by-law establishing the solid waste and recyclables collection system: bagging and set-out rules, accepted and prohibited materials, bag tags, fees and penalties.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "d33895b9b9701dd9abcd414760ef3232ba366f37d5658245c3837f67480a5286",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2018/025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d33895b9b9701dd9abcd414760ef3232ba366f37d5658245c3837f67480a5286.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Weekly for residential, multi-residential, Downtown Core commercial, and commercial/institutional premises generating 5 or less tagged bags per pickup.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Commercial/Institutional premises: 5 or less tagged bags per pickup; household waste must be in clear plastic bags with a bag tag.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted: e-waste, clean wood/brush, scrap metal, yard waste, tires. Banned: municipal-pickup bagged household waste, municipal blue box items, hazardous waste, shingles, biomedical/radioactive/explosive.",
    "fee": "Bag tags $1.75 each; collection service fee of $150.00 for waste not in approved receptacles."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Section A. 1(a)-(d), 2(a)-(d)",
    "sorting_required": "Section C. 14-15",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Section A. 1(d); 1(a)(v)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"A\" 1-2",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\" 4(a); Section E. 2(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwest-middlesex/garbage-recycling/bylaw-2018-025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Garbage and Recycling (Southwest Middlesex)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.southwestmiddlesex.ca/services/garbage-and-recycling",
   "summary": "rules page: weekly curbside garbage and recycling by Waste Management, 95-gallon carts out by 7 a.m., 3 ft clearance; Trillium Transfer Station Saturdays 9-4, ID and cash, rates from $10 min, pickup $30; accepted and not-accepted items.",
   "discovered_by": "on-garbage",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "538b27f21fd31fc444b7f3e69d923e255d7dafc74f9c5d1ea76d41bec0b5d3be",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T15:05:27+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/538b27f21fd31fc444b7f3e69d923e255d7dafc74f9c5d1ea76d41bec0b5d3be.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Weekly curbside garbage and recycling collection; bins at curb by 7:00 a.m. on collection day",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "95 gallon collection carts",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Transfer station not accepted: bagged household waste, hazardous waste, asphalt shingles, concrete/asphalt, bio-medical/radioactive/explosive waste"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "\"weekly curbside garbage and recycling collection\"",
    "sorting_required": "\"Garbage (green bin) and recycling (yellow bin) must be placed in the waste management bin\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "\"The 95 gallon collection carts must be placed at least three feet away\"",
    "accepted_or_banned": "\"Materials Not Accepted\" section under Transfer Station"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/southwest-middlesex/garbage-recycling/garbage-and-recycling/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/southwest-middlesex/garbage-recycling/"
}