{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001769",
 "municipality": "St. Marys",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://townofstmarys.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Management By-law 101-2019",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townofstmarys.com/media/vkkmmjxz/101-2019-waste-management-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates municipal waste management.",
   "capture_sha256": "a0a0596f0e064b9dbbe6aa01d39fd9a52447e921adbfa3ea684492b9790346f2",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a0a0596f0e064b9dbbe6aa01d39fd9a52447e921adbfa3ea684492b9790346f2.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Garbage weekly year-round (Downtown Collection Area twice per week); Recycling bi-weekly year-round (Downtown Collection Area twice per week); Leaf and Yard Waste at discretion of Director of Public Works",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Garbage carts: Small 120 litres, Medium 240 litres, Large 360 litres; Recycling: Large Cart 360 litres; Leaf & Yard Waste Bundle 1m x 0.5m x 0.5m (max 20 KG)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Recycling: glass, paper, cardboard, plastics, cans. Non-collectable: explosive/combustible, biomedical, hazardous/liquid waste, tires, large appliances, animal carcasses.",
    "fee": "Rates prescribed in the Town's Fee By-law, as amended; Waste Management Facility uses a vehicular weigh scale for fee determination; price-per-axle fee if scale unavailable"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "\"Garbage may be collected on a weekly basis, year-round\"; \"Collection of Recycling may be collected on a bi-weekly basis, year-round\"",
    "sorting_required": "\"Material accepted for disposal or diversion at the Waste Management Facility shall\"; \"be appropriately sorted and placed as follows\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "\"Approved Quantities\"; \"120 litres\"; \"360 litres\"",
    "accepted_or_banned": "\"Examples of Recycling\"; \"Examples of Non-Collectable Waste\"",
    "fee": "\"Rates established by the Town and prescribed in the Town's Fee By-law, as amended\"; \"employ a vehicular weigh scale for the\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-marys/garbage-recycling/text-a0a0596f0e06/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-marys/garbage-recycling/"
}