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

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

**Short answer:** In Port Alice, the Village collects residential garbage weekly: Monday for Haida Ave, Maquinna Ave, Marine Drive and the Mobile Home Park, and Thursday for Rupert Ave, Matsqui Ave, Dogwood Lane and Clark Drive. The fee is $15 a month per residential unit.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (Village of Port Alice, https://portalice.ca)  
**Cost:** $15 a month per residential dwelling unit (Strata Plan II and mobile homes too). Seniors 65 or older, principal residence only: 10% discount. Strata corporations and non-strata apartments: $8 per unit per month. Small commercial: $22 per month.  
**How long:** Weekly. Collection continues on statutory holidays except December 25.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Village office, 250-284-3391
- Email: Village office email, info@portalice.ca
- In person: Municipal Hall, 1061 Marine Drive, Port Alice, BC V0N 2N0 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (closed on holidays))

## Key facts

- **How often:** Residential garbage collection happens weekly. Recycling goes to the Transfer Station and Recycling depot; no curbside recycling or organics collection is described.
  - Source: [Waste Management, Waste Management page](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
  - Official wording: "Residential Garbage collection happens weekly." … "Port Alice Transfer Station & Recycling"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Finding your day:** Monday: Haida Ave, Maquinna Ave, Marine Drive, Mobile Home Park. Thursday: Rupert Ave, Matsqui Ave, Dogwood Lane, Clark Drive. McKay Cresent and Juene Landing are also listed.
  - Source: [Waste Management, Waste Management page](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
  - Official wording: "Monday Pick-up: Thursday Pick-up:" … "Haida Ave Rupert Ave" … "Maquinna Ave Matsqui Ave" … "Marine Drive Dogwood Lane" … "Mobile Home Park Clark Drive" … "McKay Cresent" … "Juene Landing"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Carts:** Garbage goes in a regulation garbage receptacle: 3.5 cubic feet with a good fitting, water-tight cover that birds and animals cannot get into. Plastic bags may go inside a receptacle but must not be used as the receptacle.
  - Source: [Waste Management, Waste Management page](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
  - Official wording: "Garbage is to be placed in a regulation garbage receptacle (3.5 cubic feet with a good fitting, water-tight cover that birds and animals cannot get into)." … "plastic bags are NOT to be used as garbage receptacles for pickup"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Setting carts out:** Keep garbage secure until the morning of collection.
  - Source: [Waste Management, Bears & Attractants](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
  - Official wording: "keep garbage secure until morning of collection"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Limits and extra garbage:** Bins must be under 50 lbs and must not have cardboard or other recyclables in them. The garbage rate covers a maximum of two regulation garbage cans per pickup per week for each single family unit.
  - Source: [Waste Management, Waste Management page](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
  - Official wording: "Bins must be under 50lbs, and must not have cardboard, or other recyclables included."
  - Source: [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf)
  - Official wording: "a maximum of two regulation garbage cans per pickup per week for each single family unit"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Fee:** $15 a month for a residential dwelling unit (also Strata Plan II and mobile homes). Seniors (65 or older, principal residence only) get a 10% discount.
  - Source: [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D, Garbage Collection & Disposal Rates](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Residential dwelling units, Strata Plan II & Mobile Homes $15.00" … "Seniors Discount: Senior means a person who is 65 years"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08
- **Bylaw:** Garbage Removal Bylaw No. 682 (named in the Village's 2025 garbage collection RFQ; not posted in the bylaws library); rates in Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D
  - Source: [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf)
  - Official wording: "SCHEDULE D – GARBAGE COLLECTION & DISPOSAL RATES" … "Village of Port Alice Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025"
  - Source: [https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf, General Conditions s. 1(a)](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf)
  - Official wording: "Village of Port Alice Garbage Removal Bylaw No. 682"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08

## How it works

The Village of Port Alice collects residential garbage weekly. Rates are in Schedule D of the [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025](<https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf>). Recycling goes to the Transfer Station and Recycling depot; no curbside recycling or organics collection is described. See the [Waste Management](<https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/>) page for the full list of streets.

## Steps

1. Monday pick-up: Haida Ave, Maquinna Ave, Marine Drive, Mobile Home Park.
2. Thursday pick-up: Rupert Ave, Matsqui Ave, Dogwood Lane, Clark Drive.
3. McKay Cresent and Juene Landing are also listed on the page, but it is unclear which day they have. Ask the Village office.
4. Put garbage in a regulation receptacle: 3.5 cubic feet with a good fitting, water-tight cover that birds and animals cannot get into. Plastic bags may go inside one but must not be used as the receptacle.
5. Keep garbage secure until the morning of collection. The page gives no set-out time.

## Good to know

- Bins must be under 50 lbs and must not have cardboard or other recyclables in them.
- The garbage rate covers a maximum of two regulation garbage cans per pickup per week for each single family unit. No extra-bag price is listed.
- If December 25 falls on a Monday or Tuesday, collection follows December 26.

## Official forms and pages

- [Waste Management, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/)
- [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md)
- [Port Hardy](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-hardy/garbage-collection.md)
- [Port McNeill](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-mcneill/garbage-collection.md)
- [Alert Bay](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/alert-bay/garbage-collection.md)
- [Zeballos](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/zeballos/garbage-collection.md)
- [Tahsis](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tahsis/garbage-collection.md)
- [Sayward](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sayward/garbage-collection.md)

## Sources

- [Waste Management, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/resident-services/waste-management/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/695-Fees-and-Charges-Bylaw-for-2025.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/town-hall/bylaws/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [Contact Us, Village of Port Alice](https://portalice.ca/contact/) (read 2026-11-08)
- [https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf](https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf) (read 2026-11-08)

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