Port Alice garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits
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.
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.Waste Management, Waste Management page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingResidential Garbage collection happens weekly. Port Alice Transfer Station & Recycling |
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| 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.Waste Management, Waste Management page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingMonday 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 |
| 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.Waste Management, Waste Management page · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingGarbage 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 |
| Setting carts out | Keep garbage secure until the morning of collection.Waste Management, Bears & Attractants · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingkeep garbage secure until morning of collection |
| 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.Waste Management, Waste Management page; Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingBins must be under 50lbs, and must not have cardboard, or other recyclables included. a maximum of two regulation garbage cans per pickup per week for each single family unit |
| 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.Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D, Garbage Collection & Disposal Rates · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingResidential dwelling units, Strata Plan II & Mobile Homes $15.00 Seniors Discount: Senior means a person who is 65 years |
| 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 DRates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025, Schedule D; https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf, General Conditions s. 1(a) · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingSCHEDULE D – GARBAGE COLLECTION & DISPOSAL RATES Village of Port Alice Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 Village of Port Alice Garbage Removal Bylaw No. 682 |
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. Recycling goes to the Transfer Station and Recycling depot; no curbside recycling or organics collection is described. See the Waste Management page for the full list of streets.
Steps
- Monday pick-up: Haida Ave, Maquinna Ave, Marine Drive, Mobile Home Park.
- Thursday pick-up: Rupert Ave, Matsqui Ave, Dogwood Lane, Clark Drive.
- McKay Cresent and Juene Landing are also listed on the page, but it is unclear which day they have. Ask the Village office.
- 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.
- 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
The same question in other places
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Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality →
Sources
- Waste Management, Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- Rates & Fees Bylaw No. 695-2025 (PDF), Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- Bylaws library, Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- Contact Us, Village of Port Alice (read 2026-11-08)
- https://portalice.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-06-04-Garbage-Collection-RFQ.pdf (read 2026-11-08)
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