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title: "Chilliwack garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits"
question: "When is garbage collected in Chilliwack, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?"
place: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Garbage, recycling and waste
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# Chilliwack garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits

**Question:** When is garbage collected in Chilliwack, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?

**Short answer:** The City of Chilliwack collects garbage every second week from a black cart, alternating with recycling, Tuesday to Friday. Compostables go out weekly. Extra garbage bags need a $4 Tag-a-Bag sticker. Look up your day on the City's collection schedule page or the Curbside Collection App.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Chilliwack, https://www.chilliwack.com)  
**Cost:** Monthly collection fee $27.15 to $34.80 depending on cart sizes (for example $29.00 with a 240 L garbage cart, 120 L green cart and any recycling cart size), billed quarterly. Garbage Tag-a-Bag sticker $4 each. Cart exchange after the free one: $50 per cart.  
**How long:** Garbage every two weeks, alternating with recycling. Crews run Tuesday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  
**Where:**
- Online: Collection schedule and calendars, https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=818
- Phone: City Curbside Collection (Engineering Department), 604-793-2787
- Email: City Curbside Collection, curbside@chilliwack.com
- Phone: Collection contractor Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S), Chilliwack branch, 778-860-3864 (Missed collections and cart problems. Email chilliwack@e360s.ca.)
- In person: Tag-a-Bag stickers at City Hall Finance Department, 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, BC V2P 8A4 (Also sold at Save-on-Foods (Chilliwack, Sardis, Garrison, Cottonwood) and Trask's Supply in Rosedale.)

## Key facts

- **How often:** Compostable waste (food and yard waste) weekly; garbage and recycling every two weeks, alternating; glass and flexible plastics once a month. No regular collection on Saturdays, Sundays or statutory holidays (an alternate day is assigned).
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, s. 49, 50](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "Compostable Waste will be collected weekly" … "Garbage and Mixed Recycling will be collected Bi-weekly" … "no regularly scheduled Collection on Saturdays, Sundays or Statutory"
  - Source: [Collection Schedule, Collection Frequency starting May 1, 2026](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=818)
  - Official wording: "Garbage is collected bi-weekly (once every two weeks), alternating with recycling"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Finding your day:** Look up your schedule and set reminders in the Chilliwack Curbside Collection App or the Waste Wizard on the City's Collection Schedule page. The page also has the legend map and the 2027 Curbside Collection Calendar, and paper calendars for a residence can be mailed on request. Collection runs Tuesday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  - Source: [Collection Schedule](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=818)
  - Official wording: "You can also look up your collection schedule, set collection reminders" … "Paper copies of the collection calendars specific to each residence can be mailed out upon request." … "Tuesday through Friday between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Carts:** Garbage, recycling and green (compost) carts come in 120 L, 240 L and 360 L (80 L green carts are no longer newly supplied). Each residence gets one free size exchange per cart (and one free size exchange within 6 months of moving in); further exchanges are $50 per cart, requested by the property owner through E360S (778-860-3864, chilliwack@e360s.ca) or, for strata, the City (604-793-2787). If a cart is stolen or damaged through the occupier's neglect, the owner reimburses the City at the Schedule C replacement cost: $129.49 (120 L), $141.09 (240 L), $157.60 (360 L).
  - Source: [Carts and Cart Exchanges](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2411)
  - Official wording: "Each residence will be entitled to a one-time free cart exchange per cart" … "Any additional cart exchanges after the one-time free cart exchange will be at a rate of $50.00/cart" … "or emailing chilliwack@e360s.ca"
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, s. 83; Schedule C](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "for Cart Exchange Fee $ 50.00 each" … "120 litre Cart $129.49 each" … "360 litre Cart $157.60 each" … "stolen. If a Cart is stolen or damaged due to the neglect of an Owner or Occupier" … "Residents also receive a free Cart size exchange upon moving to a new residence, within"
  - Source: [Collection Fees and Tag-a-Bag Stickers, Curbside Collection Service Fees](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1893)
  - Official wording: "*80L carts are no longer available in the new curbside program."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Setting carts out:** Put containers out before 7:00 a.m. on collection day, but not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before; remove them from the curb by 10:00 p.m. on collection day. In designated wildlife areas (and where the Director notifies in writing) not earlier than 5:00 a.m. on collection day. Place containers at the collection point as close as possible to the travelled part of the road or lane (within 3.5 m), fronts facing the road, at least 1 m clear on each side, not blocked by parked vehicles and not blocking the road, sidewalk, pathway or bike lane. During four-commodity weeks the City asks that materials stay at the curb until 7:00 p.m.
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, s. 62, 63](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "at curbside for collection before 7:00 am on the designated Collection Day" … "any earlier than 6:00 pm the day" … "prior to the designated Collection Day. All Containers shall be removed from the curb by" … "10:00 pm of the Collection Day" … "not earlier than 5:00 am on the designated" … "within a maximum of 3.5 metres;" … "The front of the containers faces the roadway or lane adjacent to the serviced" … "There is at least one metre of clearance on each side of the Cart, including other" … "Access to the Containers is not obstructed by parked vehicles;"
  - Source: [Collection Schedule](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=818)
  - Official wording: "Please leave your materials at the curb until 7:00 p.m."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Limits and extra garbage:** Maximum weights by cart size: 120 L 55 kg, 240 L 100 kg, 360 L 150 kg (the City cart page says 54 kg for 120 L). The lid must close. Extra garbage bags need a prepaid Tag-a-bag sticker at $4 each (bag up to 22.5 kg); untagged excess garbage is not collected. Additional garbage carts are not permitted. (Sources differ: City Carts page says 120 L weight limit 54 kg/120 lbs; the bylaw says 55 kg. Value follows the bylaw. The 240 L and 360 L limits match (100 kg, 150 kg).)
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, s. 36(1), 107, 109; Schedule C](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "one Garbage Cart Bi-weekly with a maximum volume of 120 litres (maximum" … "weight of 55 kilograms" … "Excess Garbage will not be collected unless marked with a Tag-a-bag." … "Garbage Tag-a-bag each (max weight of 22.5 kgs)"
  - Source: [Carts and Cart Exchanges, Cart Sizes and Weight Limits](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2411)
  - Official wording: "120 Litres (equivalent to 1 standard container), weight limit 54kg/120lbs"
  - Source: [Collection Fees and Tag-a-Bag Stickers, Additional Garbage Carts](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1893)
  - Official wording: "Additional garbage carts are not permitted." … "Garbage Tag-a-Bag (max weight 22.5 kgs): $4.00"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Fee:** A monthly fee set by cart sizes, from $27.15 to $34.80 (for example $29.00 a month with a 240 L garbage cart, 120 L green cart and any recycling cart size). It includes monthly glass and flexible plastics collection. Billed quarterly for the three preceding months, due within 45 days.
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, Schedule C; s. 137](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "Collection Service fees include monthly collection of Glass Packaging and Flexible Plastics." … "The total monthly fee is set out in Column 4" … "Fees shall be billed quarterly in respect of the three preceding months" … "within 45 days from the date of the billing"
  - Source: [Collection Fees and Tag-a-Bag Stickers, Curbside Collection Service Fees](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1893)
  - Official wording: "The monthly fees range from $27.15 - $34.80" … "27L grey bin and 57L pink bin collection = $29.00/month"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05
- **Bylaw:** Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541, s. 1](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)
  - Official wording: "This bylaw may be cited as “Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541”."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05

## How it works

Since May 1, 2026, the City of Chilliwack's contractor, Environmental 360 Solutions (E360S), collects garbage from a black cart every second week, alternating with the blue recycling cart. Compostables go out weekly in the green cart. Glass and flexible plastics are collected once a month. There is no regular collection on Saturdays, Sundays or statutory holidays; an alternate day is assigned. Your collection day did not change when the program changed. Rules are in the [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245).

## Steps

1. Find your day on the City's collection schedule map, the 2026 or 2027 calendar, or the Curbside Collection App. Paper calendars can be mailed on request.
2. Put the cart out before 7:00 a.m. on collection day, but no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before, and remove it from the curb by 10:00 p.m. In designated wildlife areas, carts may go out only from 5:00 a.m. on collection day.
3. Place carts as close as possible to the road or lane, fronts facing the road, lids fully closed, with at least 1 metre clear on each side and not blocked by parked vehicles.
4. For extra garbage bags, tie a $4 Tag-a-Bag sticker to each bag (maximum 22.5 kg each). Untagged excess garbage is not collected.
5. If your garbage is missed, check the cart for an Information Tag, then call E360S.

## Good to know

- Cart sizes are 120, 240 or 360 litres. Weight limits are 55 kg, 100 kg and 150 kg. The City's carts page says 54 kg for the 120 L cart; the bylaw says 55 kg.
- Additional garbage carts are not permitted.
- Each residence gets a free size exchange for each cart, plus one free size exchange within 6 months of moving in. After that, an exchange is $50 per cart, requested by the owner through E360S. The owner pays the City's replacement cost ($129.49 for 120 L, $141.09 for 240 L, $157.60 for 360 L) if a cart is stolen or damaged through neglect.
- Carts belong to the City and stay with the house when you move.
- Bagged or loose garbage is fine, but do not pack the cart down.
- Items you cannot put in the cart can go to the Bailey Sanitary Landfill for a fee.

## Official forms and pages

- [Curbside Garbage Collection](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2775)
- [Collection Fees and Tag-a-Bag Stickers](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1893)
- [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541 (PDF)](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245)

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## Sources

- [Curbside Garbage Collection, City of Chilliwack](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2775) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Collection Schedule, City of Chilliwack](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=818) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Collection Fees and Tag-a-Bag Stickers, City of Chilliwack](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=1893) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Carts and Cart Exchanges, City of Chilliwack](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2411) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Missed Collections and Severe Weather, City of Chilliwack](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=2165) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 2026, No. 5541 (PDF)](https://www.chilliwack.com/main/attachments/attachView.cfm?attachID=3245) (read 2026-11-05)

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