Garbage & recycling — Lumby, British Columbia

When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?

In the Village of Lumby, British Columbia, collection schedule: Municipal Solid Waste: every other Thursday; Food Waste: every Thursday (next business day after a Holiday); sorting required: True; container or bag limit: One Municipal Solid Waste Container and one Food Waste Container per dwelling unit; maximum two additional garbage bags per pickup if each tagged with a Garbage Bag Tag; accepted or banned: Banned from MSW container: recyclables, Hazardous Waste, Yard Waste, Prohibited Waste. Food Waste container: food scraps and food-soiled paper only; excludes grease, diapers, pet waste, plastics, liquid oils.. Source: Waste Management Bylaw No. 856, 2021, verified 2026-06-08.

Waste Management Bylaw No. 856, 2021 adopted bylaw
collection schedule Municipal Solid Waste: every other Thursday; Food Waste: every Thursday (next business day after a Holiday) "Municipal Solid Waste Collection Day" means every other Thursday ... "Food Waste Collection Day" means Thursday of each week
sorting required True s. 8.4–8.5: no Person shall place in MSW Container material that is not MSW; no Person shall place in Food Waste Container material that is not Food Waste
container or bag limit One Municipal Solid Waste Container and one Food Waste Container per dwelling unit; maximum two additional garbage bags per pickup if each tagged with a Garbage Bag Tag s. 5.1; s. 5.8: "maximum of two (2) additional garbage bags ... tagged with a Garbage Bag Tag"
accepted or banned Banned from MSW container: recyclables, Hazardous Waste, Yard Waste, Prohibited Waste. Food Waste container: food scraps and food-soiled paper only; excludes grease, diapers, pet waste, plastics, liquid oils. "Municipal Solid Waste" definition; "Food Waste" definition; s. 8.4–8.5
fee $77.84 per year utility charge; MSW Container $7.00/year; Food Waste Container $7.00/year; Garbage Bag Tag $3.00 each Schedule "B" items 1–4
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Village of Lumby Waste Management Bylaw No. 856, adopted April 6, 2021, establishing the solid waste collection system and recycling requirements.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: https://lumby.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-08 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities