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title: "Kaslo garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits"
question: "When is garbage collected in Kaslo, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?"
place: Kaslo, British Columbia, Canada
place_path: ca/bc/kaslo
category: Garbage, recycling and waste
owner: municipal
owner_body: Village of Kaslo
sources_read: 2026-11-08
review: machine_checked
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# Kaslo garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits

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

**Short answer:** Kaslo's garbage is collected on Tuesdays by contractor. Every bag needs an orange tag, sold at the Village Office or Kaslo Husky, priced at $4.75 in the Central Subregion (from January 1, 2026). Put bags out by 7:00 a.m., not before 5:00 a.m. Recycle BC curbside recycling is also collected.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Kaslo, https://www.kaslo.ca)  
**Cost:** $4.75 per orange garbage tag (the RDCK fee for one container of mixed waste, Central Subregion, from January 1, 2026). No annual collection fee is stated. Commercial tags: 20% discount (minimum 10 sheets).  
**How long:** Not applicable.  
**Where:**
- In person: Village Office (orange tags), 413 Fourth Street, Kaslo, BC (Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (as shown on the Village website; confirm by phone))
- Phone: Village Office (missed collection, call by 2:00 p.m.), 250-353-2311

## Key facts

- **How often:** Municipal garbage collection is on Tuesdays. Recycle BC blue bag or container curbside recycling is also collected at no extra fee.
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "Municipal garbage collection is on Tuesdays." … "Recycle BC blue bag/ container curbside collection is at no additional fee"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Finding your day:** Tuesdays for garbage. A printable Garbage & Recycling calendar (PDF) is on the page.
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "Municipal garbage collection is on Tuesdays." … "A printable pdf copy of the 2025 Garbage & Recycling calendar is available"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Carts:** No carts are described. Garbage goes out in orange-tagged bags, or in a container with a tight, animal-proof lid holding up to 17.5 gallons.
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling, Garbage](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "Bags must have an orange tag sold by either the Village Office or Kaslo Husky (Mohawk)."
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012, s. 2 container](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf)
  - Official wording: "having a capacity not greater than 17.5 gallons"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Setting carts out:** Out by 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday to guarantee collection, but not before 5:00 a.m. The bylaw says before 7:00 a.m., and not more than 2 hours earlier. Put them near the lane or street edge, not on a sidewalk.
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "Your garbage must be out by 7:00 a.m. to guarantee collection but should not be placed curbside prior to 5:00 a.m. on collection day."
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012, ss. 8, 17-18](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf)
  - Official wording: "before 7:00 a.m. on each collection day, but not more than 2 hours in advance of that time"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Limits and extra garbage:** Every garbage bag needs an orange tag (Village Office or Kaslo Husky). The tag price equals the RDCK fee for one container of mixed waste: $4.75 in the Central Subregion, which includes Kaslo (from Jan. 1, 2026). Not collected: items over 10 kg or 1.8 m, limbs over 50 mm. (Sources differ: Conflict on the tag price: Bylaw 1119 (2012) s. 11(a) says $2.50 per tag with a minimum purchase of 10. The Village web page and the Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1300 say the price equals the RDCK user fee for one container of mixed waste. The later Fees bylaw and page should win; the RDCK price was not read. Commercial tags: 20% discount (minimum 10 sheets).)
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling, Garbage](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "The cost of a tag is the same as the tipping fee for a bag of residential garbage at the RDCK* transfer station." … "There is no minimum number of bags covered by taxes or annual user fees. You must buy tags for all garbage that you put out."
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012, ss. 11(a), 30](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Official tags will be sold by the Village for a cost of $2.50 each, and a minimum of 10 tags shall be purchased at any one time." … "discarded material of any kind which weighs more than 10 kg"
  - Source: [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1300, 2023 (Schedule I), Schedule I, Solid Waste Fees](https://kaslo.civicweb.net/document/16424/)
  - Official wording: "Garbage bag tags - retail Same as user fee set by RDCK for one (1) container of mixed waste"
  - Source: [User Fees, Regional District of Central Kootenay, Disposal Fees, new prices; FAQ 1](https://www.rdck.ca/environmental-services/resourcerecovery/user-fees/)
  - Official wording: "Mixed Waste (per container) | $4.75 each (Central Subregion) / $4.00 each (East & West Subregions)" … "Central Sub-region, (Grohman (Nelson), Central (Salmo), Balfour, Kaslo, Marblehead, and Ymir)"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Fee:** No annual collection fee is stated; you pay per garbage tag.
  - Source: [Waste & Recycling, Garbage](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
  - Official wording: "There is no minimum number of bags covered by taxes or annual user fees."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012 (tag fees in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1300, 2023, Schedule I)
  - Source: [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012, s. 1](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

The Village of Kaslo's contractor collects garbage on Tuesdays under the [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1).pdf). Recycle BC blue bag or container curbside recycling is collected at no extra fee; the page does not state how often. A printable Garbage & Recycling calendar (PDF) is on the [Waste & Recycling page](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection). The page calls it the 2025 calendar, so check that it is current.

## Steps

1. Buy orange tags at the Village Office or Kaslo Husky. Every garbage bag needs one.
2. Put garbage out by 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday to guarantee collection, but not before 5:00 a.m. The bylaw says before 7:00 a.m., and not more than 2 hours earlier.
3. Place it near the lane or street edge, not on a sidewalk.
4. If the contractor misses you, call the Village Office by 2:00 p.m.

## Good to know

- No carts are described. Use orange-tagged bags, or a container with a tight, animal-proof lid holding up to 17.5 gallons. The bylaw also allows plastic bags only if kept in an animal-proof structure.
- Tag price: the Village page and the [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1300](https://kaslo.civicweb.net/document/16424/) say it equals the RDCK fee for one container of mixed waste, $4.75 in the Central Subregion. The older Bylaw 1119 says $2.50 per tag with a minimum purchase of 10, so confirm the price when you buy.
- Not collected: items over 10 kg or 1.8 m, and limbs over 50 mm.

## Official forms and pages

- [Waste & Recycling, Village of Kaslo](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection)
- [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119 (PDF)](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf)

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## The same question elsewhere

- [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md)
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- [Nelson](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nelson/garbage-collection.md)
- [Nakusp](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/garbage-collection.md)
- [Kimberley](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kimberley/garbage-collection.md)

## Sources

- [Waste & Recycling, Village of Kaslo](https://www.kaslo.ca/p/waste-collection) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Solid Waste Management Bylaw 1119, 2012 (PDF), Village of Kaslo](https://villageofkaslo2022.municipalwebsites.ca/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Files&currentFolder=%2FBylaws%2F&hash=c245c263ce0eced480effe66bbede6b4d46c15ae&fileName=1119%20Solid%20Waste%20Management%20Bylaw(1%29.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 1300, 2023 (Schedule I), Village of Kaslo](https://kaslo.civicweb.net/document/16424/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [User Fees, Regional District of Central Kootenay](https://www.rdck.ca/environmental-services/resourcerecovery/user-fees/) (read 2026-11-08)

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