Waste Management and Litter Control By-law (by-law page)

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# Waste Management and Litter Control By-law Bylaw number 2023-69 Bylaw file By-law 2023-69 Waste Management and Litter Control Synopsis By-law 2023-69 was implemented to allow the Town to: * Regulate the collection and/or disposal of garbage, organics, recyclables, and other waste materials * Operate and maintain the Solid Waste Disposal Site * Control littering within municipal boundaries The by-law also includes the following schedules: * Schedule A - Recyclable Material Accepted for Waste Collection Services * Schedule B - Organic Waste Accepted for Waste Collection Services * Schedule C - Yard Waste Material Accepted for Waste Collection Services * Schedule D - Curbside Collection Waste Preparation and Limits * Schedule E - Administrative Monetary Penalties | Schedule "E" Infractions | Penalty | | --- | --- | | Setting out non-collectible waste (e.g. construction/demolition debris, over limit, over weight, prohibited, unsorted, bulky and other waste materials) | $100 | | Setting out waste in excess of limit or frequency (e.g. bags over limit or not tagged) | $100 | | Setting out waste outside of permitted time or location (e.g. garbage, organics, recyclables and yard waste set out prior to 7:00 p.m. the day before collection) | $100 | | Failure to remove scattered waste | $100 | | Failure to remove empty waste containers (e.g. empty waste containers must be removed from curbside prior to 7:00 p.m. on the day of collection, together with any waste that was not collected) | $100 | | Interference with curbside collection (e.g. scavenging of curbside waste) | $100 | | Littering (e.g. through action or inaction) | $500 | | Waste dumping (e.g. discarding waste, including on private or public property) | $5,000 | | Wrongful use of public space receptacles or municipal lands (e.g. depositing of household or commercially generated waste in parks or public receptacles) | $250 | | Waste inadequately contained on premises (e.g. waste that creates a nuisance or is unsightly) | $1,000 | | Exiting Disposal Site without payment | $800/tonne | | Balloon release | $100/balloon | | Cigarette butt littering | $100 |