Gold River garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits

When is garbage collected in Gold River, and what are the rules for cans, limits, and extra garbage?

Gold River, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-08

How it works

The Village of Gold River's Trade Waste and Garbage Bylaw No. 612, 2001 covers garbage collection. Wednesday is Residential Garbage Collection Day, and the bylaw says the Superintendent designates collection days and posts the schedule on the notice board at the Municipal Hall. No curbside recycling or organics collection is mentioned on any page we searched; recycling is dropped off at the Drop Off Depot on Hilke Road.

Steps

1. Use your own approved can: a plastic or galvanized container not over 16 inches across or 30 inches deep, no more than 125 litres, with a watertight cover and handles. Garbage must be in bags. Do not use bungee cords to secure lids.
2. Put the can at a recognizable entrance at the roadside before 7:30 a.m. on collection day, and keep it on the property at other times.
3. Do not put garbage curbside the night before; the Village's brochure says this attracts bears.
4. Take extra or loose garbage to the Drop Off Depot.

Good to know

• Limit: two garbage cans per household on a collection day, each no more than 18 kg. If there is loose material in a bin, the garbage is not collected.
• The fee is set in Schedule A of the Trade Waste and Garbage Amendment Bylaw No. 612.16, 2025. It covers dwellings including condominiums, townhouses, row houses, caretaker suites and manufactured homes.
• The Village does not supply carts for houses, according to the pages we read.