--- title: "Port Edward garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits" question: "When is garbage collected in Port Edward, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?" place: Port Edward, British Columbia, Canada place_path: ca/bc/port-edward category: Garbage, recycling and waste owner: municipal owner_body: District of Port Edward sources_read: 2026-11-08 review: machine_checked canonical: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-edward/garbage-collection/" json: "https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-edward/garbage-collection.json" --- # Port Edward garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits **Question:** When is garbage collected in Port Edward, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags? **Short answer:** The District of Port Edward collects garbage every Monday, for all residents. Use your own approved container (watertight, with a lid, 100 L or smaller, two per household) and put it out by 8:00 a.m. No recycling or organics schedule is posted. **Who handles it:** Municipal (District of Port Edward, https://www.portedward.ca) **Cost:** The utilities page says water, sewer and garbage are billed together at $260 a quarter, with a 10% discount if the year is paid by March 31. The posted Refuse Bylaw 718, Schedule A (effective January 1, 2021) lists refuse alone at $82.50 a quarter per residential unit; commercial is $330 a quarter. **How long:** Every Monday (next business day if Monday is a holiday). **Where:** - Online: Garbage, District of Port Edward, https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage - Phone: District of Port Edward office (Municipal Hall, 770 Pacific Ave), 250-628-3667 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding public holidays) ## Key facts - **How often:** Garbage is collected every Monday (next business day if Monday is a holiday). The OCP says a recycling program is delivered with the North Coast Regional District; no recycling or organics schedule is posted. - Source: [Garbage, Collection Schedule](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Garbage collection takes place every Monday." … "If Monday is a holiday, collection will occur on the next business day." - Source: [https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_public_notices/OFFICIAL_COMMUNITY_PLAN_BYLAW_NO._775, Solid Waste](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_public_notices/OFFICIAL_COMMUNITY_PLAN_BYLAW_NO._775) - Official wording: "A recycling program is delivered in collaboration with the North Coast Regional District." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Finding your day:** Monday for all residents. - Source: [Garbage, Collection Schedule](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Garbage collection takes place every Monday." - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Carts:** Residents supply their own approved containers: watertight, with handles and a secure lid, no larger than 100 L, with a limit of two per household. Large containers may be supplied by the District to apartments and trade premises over 1 m³ a week. - Source: [Garbage, Container Requirements](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Containers must be watertight" … "No larger than 100L (26 gallons)" … "Limit of two containers per household" - Source: [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020, s. 5 (6)](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) - Official wording: "large containers may be supplied by the District to apartment houses or trade premises" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Setting carts out:** Garbage curbside by 8:00 a.m. on collection day in an approved container; bagged inside, no loose bags at the curb. Containers are kept on the property and placed at the side of the road on collection day. - Source: [Garbage, Collection Schedule](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Please have your garbage curbside by 8:00 AM in an approved container." … "Do not leave loose garbage or bags at the curb." - Source: [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020, s. 5 (4)](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) - Official wording: "must be placed on the side of the road for pick-up on collection day" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Limits and extra garbage:** Containers weigh no more than 25 kg when filled; two containers per household. Overfilled or overweight containers may not be picked up. No extra-bag or tag program found. - Source: [Garbage, Container Requirements](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Weigh no more than 25kg (55 lbs)" … "Do not overfill or overweight containers." - Source: [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020, s. 5 (2)](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) - Official wording: "A limit of two (2) refuse containers will be allowed per household" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Fee:** The utilities page says water, sewer and garbage are billed together at $260 a quarter, with a 10% discount if the year is paid by March 31. The posted Refuse Bylaw 718, Schedule A (effective Jan. 1, 2021) lists refuse alone at $82.50 a quarter per residential unit. (Sources differ: Unclear whether $260 is for one combined residential bill; the page does not say. Commercial premises are $330 a quarter in Schedule A. The 2021 schedule may be out of date (see bylaw blank).) - Source: [Utilities](https://www.portedward.ca/services/utilities) - Official wording: "quarterly billing set at $260.00" … "a 10% discount is available for residents who pay their annual utilities in full by March 31st each year." - Source: [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020, Schedule A](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) - Official wording: "REFUSE RATE QUARTERLY RATE Residential Premises $ 82.50 each Residential unit including those in private homes, apartments with private" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 - **Bylaw:** Refuse Rates & Regulations Bylaw No. 772, 2025 is named on the garbage page; the copy posted in the bylaw library is Refuse Rates & Regulations Bylaw No. 718 (adopted November 24, 2020). (Sources differ: Bylaw 772 is not on the posted bylaw page or paths list, so its rules and rates could not be read. Container and set-out details above match both sources.) - Source: [Garbage, Intro](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - Official wording: "Refuse Rates & Regulations Bylaw No. 772, 2025" - Source: [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020, s. 1](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) - Official wording: "Refuse Rates & Regulations Bylaw No. 718" - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08 ## How it works The District collects garbage every Monday, for all residents. If Monday is a holiday, collection is the next business day. The Official Community Plan says a recycling program is delivered with the North Coast Regional District, but no recycling or organics schedule is posted. ## Steps 1. Provide your own container. The [garbage page]() and the [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020]() say it must be watertight, with handles and a secure lid, no larger than 100 L, and no more than two per household. 2. Bag the garbage inside the container. No loose bags at the curb. 3. Keep containers on your property and put them at the side of the road by 8:00 a.m. on collection day. No bring-in time is stated. ## Good to know - Containers must weigh no more than 25 kg when filled. Overfilled or overweight containers may not be picked up. No extra-bag or tag program was found. - Large containers may be supplied by the District to apartments and trade premises over 1 m³ a week. - Not collected: cardboard, garden waste, trees, stumps, rocks, furniture and oversized items, construction waste, scrap metal, dead animals and industrial waste. - The fee: the [utilities page]() says water, sewer and garbage are billed together at $260 a quarter, with a 10% discount if the year is paid by March 31. Bylaw 718, Schedule A (effective January 1, 2021) lists refuse alone at $82.50 a quarter per residential unit. It is not clear whether $260 is one combined residential bill. - Two sources differ on the bylaw. The garbage page names Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 772, 2025, but the bylaw library posts No. 718 (adopted November 24, 2020). Bylaw 772 could not be read, so confirm the current rates with the District at 250-628-3667. ## Official forms and pages - [Garbage, District of Port Edward](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) - [Utilities, District of Port Edward](https://www.portedward.ca/services/utilities) - [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020 (PDF)](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) ## Related questions - [Port Edward backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-edward/backyard-fire.md) ## The same question elsewhere - [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md) - [Prince Rupert](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/prince-rupert/garbage-collection.md) - [Kitimat](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/kitimat/garbage-collection.md) - [Terrace](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/terrace/garbage-collection.md) - [Port Clements](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-clements/garbage-collection.md) - [Daajing Giids](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/daajing-giids/garbage-collection.md) - [New Hazelton](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/garbage-collection.md) ## Sources - [Garbage, District of Port Edward](https://www.portedward.ca/services/garbage) (read 2026-11-08) - [Utilities, District of Port Edward](https://www.portedward.ca/services/utilities) (read 2026-11-08) - [Refuse Rates and Regulations Bylaw No. 718, 2020 (PDF)](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_bylaws_other/718_Refuse_Rates_Bylaw_.pdf) (read 2026-11-08) - [Resident Complaint Form, District of Port Edward](https://www.portedward.ca/web-forms/resident-complaint-form) (read 2026-11-08) - [https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_public_notices/OFFICIAL_COMMUNITY_PLAN_BYLAW_NO._775](https://www.portedward.ca/uploads/_public_notices/OFFICIAL_COMMUNITY_PLAN_BYLAW_NO._775) (read 2026-11-08) _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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