{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001798",
 "municipality": "Toronto",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.toronto.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 841, Waste Collection, Commercial Properties",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_841.pdf",
   "summary": "Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 841 governing waste collection for commercial properties.",
   "capture_sha256": "971927c2b76003638c351ff60f77fe8c705049c2372defc43daac9749290d74f",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/971927c2b76003638c351ff60f77fe8c705049c2372defc43daac9749290d74f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Standard: no more than once per week; up to twice per week for BIAs, night-time routes, Yonge/Bloor-Danforth subway-fronting streets, Lake Shore Blvd west of Humber River, and Kingston Road; organics up to 7 times per week for eligible night-time-collection properties",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Curbside: City-authorized bags (City-authorized tag per bag) or 360-litre wheeled cart; RUAC cart program: 75L, 120L, 240L, or 360L carts (owner chooses); front-end: container 0.75–4.6 cubic metres, max 1,500 kg when full",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted recyclables: glass, metal cans, plastic bottles, paper, cardboard. Banned: hazardous/pathological waste, construction debris, tires, liquids, PCBs.",
    "fee": "Curbside: owners purchase City-authorized bags/tags at Ch. 441 rates; front-end: charged per cubic yard of garbage collected; RUAC curbside: based on cart quantity and size per Schedule 1, Appendix A, Ch. 441; 1.25% monthly penalty on unpaid amounts"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "§ 841-4A; § 841-4B; § 841-4C",
    "sorting_required": "§ 841-13A; § 841-14; § 841-3I(1)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "§ 841-7A(1)–(3); § 841-7A.1(1); § 841-10.1F",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule A; Schedule C",
    "fee": "§ 841-6A; § 841-6B; § 841-6D; § 841-6.1A; § 841-6G"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/toronto/garbage-recycling/text-971927c2b760/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 844, Waste Collection, Residential Properties",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/municode/1184_844.pdf",
   "summary": "Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 844 governing waste collection for residential properties.",
   "capture_sha256": "97dd84e70a0a3ff01142fbf722b2f93c08782c4e2955d5822088899f3bd7ac83",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/97dd84e70a0a3ff01142fbf722b2f93c08782c4e2955d5822088899f3bd7ac83.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Residential curbside: garbage no more than once every two weeks; recycling once every two weeks; organics once per week; yard waste once every two weeks March-December. Multi-residential front-end: garbage up to twice weekly; recycling up to weekly.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "City-provided garbage and recycling bins in chosen sizes (approx. 75, 120, 240, 360 litres); excess garbage requires plastic bags with a garbage tag affixed to each bag.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Recyclable materials in Schedule B; prohibited waste in Schedule C must not be set out for collection.",
    "fee": "Residential curbside collection fees are based on the quantity and size of garbage bins, as set out in Schedule 1 of Appendix A of Chapter 441, Fees and Charges."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "\"collect garbage from residential properties who receive residential curbside\"; \"collect recyclable materials once every two weeks\"; \"collect organic materials\"; \"once per week\"",
    "sorting_required": "\"Free from contamination\"; \"regulation containers for garbage, recyclable materials, yard waste and organic materials\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "\"a garbage tag as described in § 844-32 is affixed to each bag\"; \"Small - approximately 75 litres capacity\"",
    "accepted_or_banned": "\"No owner shall set out prohibited waste for collection by the City\"; \"recyclable materials listed in Schedule B\"",
    "fee": "\"the applicable residential curbside collection fees based on the quantity and size of garbage\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/toronto/garbage-recycling/text-97dd84e70a0a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/toronto/garbage-recycling/"
}