--- title: "Pitt Meadows garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits" question: "When is garbage collected in Pitt Meadows, and what are the rules for carts, limits and extra bags?" place: Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/pitt-meadows category: Garbage, recycling and waste owner: municipal owner_body: City of Pitt Meadows sources_read: 2026-11-05 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/garbage-collection/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/pitt-meadows/garbage-collection.json" --- # Pitt Meadows garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits **Question:** When is garbage collected in Pitt Meadows, and what are the rules for carts, limits and extra bags? **Short answer:** In the City of Pitt Meadows garbage is collected every other week and food and yard waste (green cart) every week. Recycling is weekly and free. Garbage and green waste are collected by Waste Connections Canada from November 1. Find your day on the City's Garbage and Recycling page. **Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Pitt Meadows, https://www.pittmeadows.ca) **Cost:** $236 a year per dwelling unit for combined garbage and green waste service (single-family and two-family homes). Recycling is free. Extra bag tags $5. **How long:** Garbage every other week; food and yard waste every week; recycling every week. **Where:** - Phone: Missed garbage or green cart pickup (Waste Connections Canada), 604-517-2637 - Email: Waste Connections Canada, CityofPittMeadows@wasteconnections.com - Phone: Public Works (missing or damaged carts), 604-465-5454 - In person: City Hall, 12007 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows, BC V3Y 2B5 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) ## Key facts - **How often:** Garbage every other week; food and yard waste (green cart) every week; recycling every week (free, through Recycle BC; collected by GFL Environmental). Garbage and green waste are collected by Waste Connections Canada from November 1. - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), s. 8](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "garbage collection every other week;" … "kitchen/yard waste collection every week." - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage and Food/Yard Waste; Curbside Recycling](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - Official wording: "Garbage is collected bi-weekly and Food/Yard Waste is collected weekly on your service day" … "Curbside recycling is picked up once a week by GFL Environmental." - Source: [Waste Collection Service Provider Changing, Notice](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/our-community/news/notices/waste-collection-service-provider-changing) - Official wording: "Effective November 1, the City’s waste collection provider is switching to Waste Connections Canada." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Finding your day:** Find your collection day on the City's Garbage and Recycling page, in the Recycle Coach app, or on the recycling guide's calendar. For missed garbage or green-cart pickups contact Waste Connections Canada, 604-517-2637, CityofPittMeadows@wasteconnections.com. - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage and Recycling page](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - Official wording: "Find your collection day" … "Find your collection schedule, what goes where, weekly reminders, report a problem, and more." … "Curbside recycling is picked up once a week by GFL Environmental. See the Recycling Schedule." - Source: [Waste Collection Service Provider Changing, Notice](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/our-community/news/notices/waste-collection-service-provider-changing) - Official wording: "For schedule and collection related inquiries, please contact Waste Connections Canada: - Email: CityofPittMeadows@wasteconnections.com - Phone: 604-517-2637" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Carts:** One garbage cart (120 L or 240 L) and one kitchen/yard waste cart (120 or 240 L) per dwelling, owned by the City and kept with the property. New or replacement cart: $138 plus taxes (240 L) or $115 plus taxes (120 L); delivery $50. Switching from 120 L to 240 L garbage cart: $96 a year, pro-rated. Report missing or damaged carts to Public Works, 604-465-5454. - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), ss. 10, 13, 16; Schedule A](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "one (1) garbage container, with a volume no greater than 120 litres or 240 and with its contents weighing no more than 20 kilograms per dwelling;" … "Price per 240 Litre Collection Cart $138.00+taxes" … "Price per 120 Litre Collection Cart $115.00+taxes" … "Convert from standard 120 Litre garbage collection cart to 240 Litre" … "Delivery Charge $50" … "Residents that request a cart change must exchange their existing cart in a clean condition." - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Garbage and Food/Yard Waste](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - Official wording: "Please contact the City of Pitt Meadows Public Works Department at 604-465-5454." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Setting carts out:** The bylaw says put containers out between 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. (as close to 8:00 a.m. as practicable) in full view at the edge of the road, and bring them in within 12 hours of collection. The City's provider notice says to have carts out by 7 a.m. (Sources differ: Conflict: bylaw s. 28(b) allows 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.; the provider-change notice asks for carts out by 7 a.m. The bylaw is followed here. Recycling boxes and the yellow bag need about 1 m (3 ft) of space from garbage and green carts (s. 29).) - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), s. 28(b)-(c); s. 29](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "place all solid waste containers out for collection between 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., and as close to 8:00 a.m. as practicable on collection day;" … "remove all solid waste containers, once emptied, from the public street or lane, within twelve (12) hours of the collection on the collection date." … "in full view and as close as possible to the edge of the travelled way serving the property" - Source: [Waste Collection Service Provider Changing, Notice](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/our-community/news/notices/waste-collection-service-provider-changing) - Official wording: "residents should have garbage and green waste carts out by 7 a.m. on their scheduled collection day." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Limits and extra garbage:** One garbage container per dwelling, no more than 120 L (or 240 L cart) and 20 kg. Extra bags need a $5 Extra Bag Tag: up to two tagged bags per week, each no more than 120 L and 20 kg. Items larger than 2 ft in any dimension may not go in the garbage. - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), ss. 19-20, 22(e); Schedule A](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "provided that no more than two extra bags of garbage with tags are placed for collection each week." … "Each Extra Bag Tag is valid for one bag of garbage or one garbage container, with a volume no greater than 120 litres and its contents weighing no more than 20 kilograms." … "oversized items of any kind exceeding two (2) feet in any dimension;" … "Price per tag $5.00" - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Extra Garbage/Green Waste Bag Tags](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - Official wording: "Residents can buy $5 tags at City Hall and Shoppers Drug Mart (Pitt Meadows branch) to have extra garbage or green waste picked up. Two tags per regular garbage/green waste service day allowed." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Fee:** $236 a year per dwelling unit for combined garbage and green waste service for single-family and two-family homes (Schedule A, as amended by Bylaw 3045, 2026), payable by the first business day after July 1. Recycling is free (provided by Recycle BC). Unpaid charges on December 31 are added to property taxes. - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), Schedule A; ss. 2, 33, 38](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "Single family and two-family residence, per dwelling unit $236.00" … "Due date means the first business day following the July 1st Statutory holiday in each year;" … "shall be deemed to be taxes in arrears in respect of the property" - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Curbside Recycling](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - Official wording: "it is a service provided free to residents by Recycle BC." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 - **Bylaw:** Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 - Source: [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026), title](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) - Official wording: "SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL" … "Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 and amendments thereto" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06 ## How it works Under the [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012](), each dwelling gets one garbage cart (120 L or 240 L) and one kitchen/yard waste cart (120 or 240 L). The carts are owned by the City and stay with the property. Recycling is collected by GFL Environmental through Recycle BC. Find your collection day on the City's Garbage and Recycling page, in the Recycle Coach app, or on the recycling guide's calendar. The bylaw lets the Director change the frequency. ## Steps 1. Put containers out between 5:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. (as close to 8:00 a.m. as practicable), in full view at the edge of the road. 2. Bring them in within 12 hours of collection. 3. Keep recycling boxes and the yellow bag about 1 m (3 ft) away from garbage and green carts. ## Good to know - The City's provider notice asks for carts out by 7 a.m.; the bylaw allows 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. The bylaw is followed here. - Buy $5 tags at City Hall or Shoppers Drug Mart (Pitt Meadows branch). - Limits: one garbage container per dwelling, no more than 120 L (or a 240 L cart) and 20 kg. Extra bags need a $5 Extra Bag Tag: up to two tagged bags per week, each no more than 120 L and 20 kg. Items larger than 2 ft in any dimension may not go in the garbage. - Bylaw notices: reusing a single extra bag tag $25 ($20 within 14 days); oversized or overweight container $50 ($40). - New or replacement cart: $138 plus taxes (240 L) or $115 plus taxes (120 L); delivery $50. A lost, stolen or damaged cart is the owner's cost to replace. Switching from 120 L to 240 L garbage cart: $96 a year, pro-rated. - The $236 fee is payable by the first business day after July 1. A secondary suite on the same parcel counts as one dwelling unit. Unpaid charges on December 31 are added to property taxes. - The City page says an updated collection guide for garbage and green waste was being finalized. ## What you'll need - Your service day (see the collection guide or the Recycle Coach app) ## Official forms and pages - [Garbage and Recycling page](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) - [Waste Management Guide and collection calendar 2025-2026 (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-01/Pitt%20Meadows%20brochure%20calendar%202025%202026.pdf) - [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) ## The same question elsewhere - [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md) - [Maple Ridge](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/maple-ridge/garbage-collection.md) - [Port Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/garbage-collection.md) - [Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/garbage-collection.md) - [Anmore](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/garbage-collection.md) - [Port Moody](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-moody/garbage-collection.md) - [Belcarra](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/belcarra/garbage-collection.md) ## Sources - [Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Bylaw No. 2568, 2012 (consolidated, with Bylaw 3045, 2026) (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-05/Solid%20Waste%20Collection%20and%20Disposal%20Bylaw%20No.%202568%2C%202012%20-%20Consolidated%20Version.pdf) (read 2026-11-05) - [Garbage and Recycling, City of Pitt Meadows](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/services-and-payments/garbage-and-recycling) (read 2026-11-05) - [Waste Collection Service Provider Changing, City of Pitt Meadows](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/our-community/news/notices/waste-collection-service-provider-changing) (read 2026-11-05) - [Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2439, 2009 (consolidated) (PDF)](https://www.pittmeadows.ca/sites/default/files/2025-12/Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-No-2439%2C-2009-Consolidated-Version.pdf) (read 2026-11-05) _Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 7 of 7 facts was matched to the official text. 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