Garbage & recycling — Terrace, British Columbia

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

In the City of Terrace, British Columbia, collection schedule: Refuse: bi-weekly; Recycling: bi-weekly; Organics: weekly; Yard Waste: weekly mid-April to mid-November; sorting required: True; container or bag limit: 240 litre Refuse Cart, 240 litre Recycling Cart, 120 litre Organics Cart per residential unit; excess refuse in black bags with Bag Tag (max 22 kg each); accepted or banned: Banned: waste oil, batteries, special wastes, prohibited/restricted waste, animal carcasses, biomedical waste, needles, blood. Source: Solid Waste Operations Bylaw No. 2130, verified 2026-06-08.

Solid Waste Operations Bylaw No. 2130 adopted bylaw
collection schedule Refuse: bi-weekly; Recycling: bi-weekly; Organics: weekly; Yard Waste: weekly mid-April to mid-November s. 13(1)–(4)
sorting required True s. 7(3): "All materials eligible for Recycle BC…shall not be disposed of as Refuse"
container or bag limit 240 litre Refuse Cart, 240 litre Recycling Cart, 120 litre Organics Cart per residential unit; excess refuse in black bags with Bag Tag (max 22 kg each) s. 4(1); s. 7(2): "black bags with a Bag Tag visibly affixed"
accepted or banned Banned: waste oil, batteries, special wastes, prohibited/restricted waste, animal carcasses, biomedical waste, needles, blood s. 1 ("Prohibited Waste"); s. 9(3): "Animal carcasses…shall not be set out"
fee $12.50 per month for refuse collection; organics and yard waste included; recycling no charge; bag tags $2.00 each Schedule "A"
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Governs solid waste collection and disposal operations within the City of Terrace.

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