{
 "answer": "In the City of Barrie, Ontario, garbage & recycling rules are set by Waste Management By-law No. 2025-091, verified 2026-09-21. Fee: Waste Management Facility drop-off fees set out in the Fees By-law; no curbside collection fee stated in this by-law. Accepted or banned: Accepted in organics: food scraps, pet waste, plant-based kitty litter. Banned: hazardous, pathological, liquid, electronic waste, bulky items, tires.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001416",
 "municipality": "Barrie",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-21",
 "official_website": "http://www.barrie.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Waste Management By-law No. 2025-091",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrie.ca/Waste-Management-Bylaw.pdf",
   "adopted_date": "2025-08-13",
   "summary": "Regulates curbside garbage, recycling and organics collection within the City — set-out rules, container requirements and collection-day compliance.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "407f783b016ef9cfd5e3332ef53c064c0314f30c384ea813fc3ce667044384a3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2025-091",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/407f783b016ef9cfd5e3332ef53c064c0314f30c384ea813fc3ce667044384a3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Residential 1–5 units (outside BIA): garbage every other week, organics weekly, yard waste every other week (17 seasonal events), Christmas trees weekly throughout January. BIA properties: garbage and organics twice weekly. Multi-residential 6+ units: varies.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "City-issued carts required; residential 1 unit = 1 garbage cart (up to 3 carts for 4–5 units); max 20 kg, 120 L or 240 L per garbage cart; 120 L organics cart; extra garbage requires Garbage Tags.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Accepted in organics: food scraps, pet waste, plant-based kitty litter. Banned: hazardous, pathological, liquid, electronic waste, bulky items, tires.",
    "fee": "Waste Management Facility drop-off fees set out in the Fees By-law; no curbside collection fee stated in this by-law."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "Schedule \"E\", Tables 1–7",
    "sorting_required": "s. 3.1.2: \"All Collectable Waste shall be set out in the Approved Container for the specific waste stream\"",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Schedule \"E\", Table 1; s. 1.5.34; s. 1.5.35",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"D\"",
    "fee": "s. 7.1.6: \"pay the appropriate fee for that type of Waste as set out in the Fees By-law\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/barrie/garbage-recycling/bylaw-2025-091/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/barrie/garbage-recycling/"
}