--- title: "Cache Creek garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits" question: "When is garbage collected in Cache Creek, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?" place: Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/cache-creek category: Garbage, recycling and waste owner: municipal owner_body: Village of Cache Creek sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cache-creek/garbage-collection/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cache-creek/garbage-collection.json" --- # Cache Creek garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits **Question:** When is garbage collected in Cache Creek, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags? **Short answer:** The Village of Cache Creek collects garbage from homes and businesses four days a week in summer and three days a week in winter. The Village's website does not give collection days, bag limits or the current fee. Watch Village alerts for pickup changes around holidays. **Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Cache Creek, https://cachecreek.ca) **Cost:** Current garbage fee not stated on the Village's website. **How long:** Collection is four days a week in summer and three days a week in winter. **Where:** - Phone: Public Works, 250-457-6237 (Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) - Phone: Village Office, 250-457-6237 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed on statutory holidays) - In person: Village Office, 1389 Quartz Road, Cache Creek, BC V0K 1H0 ## Key facts - **How often:** The Village collects garbage from residents and businesses four days a week in summer and three days a week in winter. Bylaw 458 says each dwelling is collected once a week, or at times Council sets by resolution. - Source: [Utilities, Garbage Collection](https://cachecreek.ca/utilities) - Official wording: "Pickup occurs four days a week in the summer season, and three days a week in the winter." - Source: [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), Part 7, s. 7.1](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) - Official wording: "from all dwellings once each week, or at such times as the council may from time to time by resolution direct." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Finding your day:** Not confirmed. The Village's website does not give collection days. - **Carts:** Residents provide their own garbage receptacle. Bylaw 458 (1991) describes a galvanized iron or plastic one with a watertight cover, capacity five cubic feet. Later amendments were not readable. - Source: [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), Part 2 definition, Regulation Garbage Receptacle-Residential, and s. 3.1](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) - Official wording: "a galvanized iron or plastic receptacle, circular in design and provided with a good and sufficient water tight cover, having a capacity of five (5) cubic feet" … "shall provide and maintain in good and sufficient order and repair for such dwellings" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Setting carts out:** Garbage receptacles must be accessible between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on collection days, kept at ground level and readily accessible from the street, lane, side or rear entrance. - Source: [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), Part 3, ss. 3.2 and 3.3](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) - Official wording: "shall be accessible between the hours of 8.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. on all designated collection days." … "shall be kept upon the ground level and readily accessible" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Limits and extra garbage:** Not confirmed. The Village's website does not state a bag limit. - **Fee:** Not confirmed. The Village's website does not state the current rates. - **Bylaw:** Village of Cache Creek Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 - Source: [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), s. 1](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) - Official wording: "VILLAGE OF CACHE CREEK GARBAGE COLLECTION, DISPOSAL AND RATES BY-LAW NO. 458, 1991" - Source: [Public Works, Garbage](https://cachecreek.ca/public-works) - Official wording: "Bylaw 458 - Garbage Collection (doc)" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works The Village of Cache Creek's Public Works collects garbage from residents and businesses four days a week in summer and three days a week in winter. Under [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991](), each dwelling is collected once a week, or at times Council sets by resolution. The Village's website does not give collection days. The page mentions no recycling or organics collection. ## Good to know - Residents provide their own garbage receptacle. The 1991 bylaw describes a galvanized iron or plastic one with a watertight cover and a capacity of 5 cubic feet. - Receptacles must be accessible between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on collection days, kept at ground level and readily accessible from the street, lane, side or rear entrance. - The bylaw has been amended many times, and the amended text could not be read, so these rules may be out of date. Current rates and any bag limit are not stated on the Village's website. - Watch the Village's alerts for pickup changes around holidays. - Questions: Public Works or the Village Office, 250-457-6237. ## Official forms and pages - [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), Village of Cache Creek](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) - [Utilities, Village of Cache Creek](https://cachecreek.ca/utilities) ## The same question elsewhere - [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md) - [Ashcroft](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ashcroft/garbage-collection.md) - [Logan Lake](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/logan-lake/garbage-collection.md) - [Lillooet](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lillooet/garbage-collection.md) - [Kamloops](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kamloops/garbage-collection.md) - [Merritt](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/merritt/garbage-collection.md) - [100 Mile House](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/100-mile-house/garbage-collection.md) ## Sources - [Utilities, Village of Cache Creek](https://cachecreek.ca/utilities) (read 2026-11-08) - [Public Works, Village of Cache Creek](https://cachecreek.ca/public-works) (read 2026-11-08) - [Garbage Collection, Disposal and Rates By-law No. 458, 1991 (Word document), Village of Cache Creek](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/458%20Garbage%20Collection.doc?ver=1793894507766) (read 2026-11-08) - [Village of Cache Creek Bylaws List (PDF)](https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/bf7007c2-9476-4485-8364-d7ab1d6e599d/downloads/BYLAWS%20LIST.pdf?ver=1793894508052) (read 2026-11-08) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 4 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 3 could not be confirmed. 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