Ladysmith garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits

When is garbage collected in Ladysmith, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?

Ladysmith, British ColumbiaChecked against official textSources read 2026-11-06

How it works

Garbage and recycling are collected every other week (alternating weeks) and organics every week, on your designated day, under the Garbage, Recyclables and Organics Collection Bylaw 2005, No. 1588. Collection is by GFL Environmental for the Town. There are five colour routes. Find your street on the Collection Routes Map, then your schedule on the Routes and Schedules page.

Steps

1. Look up your route and schedule on the Town's Routes and Schedules page.
2. Use your own containers: a garbage container up to 120 L, and an organics container up to 45 L with a tight seal. The Town does not provide organic or recycling containers at present.
3. Put them at the curb by 8:00 a.m. on collection day, close to the street edge, visible to crews and not blocking vehicles or pedestrians.
4. Remove empties after collection and store containers on your property.

Good to know

• Limits: one garbage container every second week (up to 120 L and 20 kg), one 45 L organics container weekly, and unlimited recycling. Bags of garbage without a container are not collected.
• Extra garbage containers need tags: $3 each or 6 for $15. The bylaw allows one extra container per dwelling unit. The bylaw's set-out clause still says 22 kg and 70 L until January 1, 2027, so confirm with the Town.
• Yellow recycling bags are $1.25 at Town Hall or the Frank Jameson Community Centre.
• Missed pickup: call 250-245-6400, option 8, or e-mail is@ladysmith.ca.
• The Town says it will move to automated curbside collection with new carts in 2027; service is not changing until then.