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title: "Port Moody garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits"
question: "When is garbage collected, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?"
place: Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
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category: Garbage, recycling and waste
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owner_body: City of Port Moody
sources_read: 2026-11-05
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# Port Moody garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits

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

**Short answer:** The City of Port Moody collects garbage every other week, with recycling on the alternate weeks and green waste weekly. Your collection day is Monday to Thursday depending on your zone. Put carts out after 5:30 a.m. and before 7:30 a.m. with the lid closed. The standard garbage cart is 120 L.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Port Moody, https://www.portmoody.ca)  
**Cost:** 2026 annual utility, single-family home with a 120 L garbage cart and one 240 L green waste cart: garbage $144, waste management $62, green waste $299, glass $16. A 240 L garbage cart is $248.  
**How long:** Garbage every other week, recycling on alternate weeks, green waste weekly, glass monthly. Frequency can change around statutory holidays.  
**Where:**
- Phone: Operations Division (carts, missed collection), 604-469-4574
- Email: Recycling and carts, recycle@portmoody.ca
- Online: Cart Change Form, https://eforms.portmoody.ca/Solid-Waste/Cart-Change-Form

## Key facts

- **How often:** The City collects green waste (organics) weekly, garbage every other week, recycling every other week (on alternate weeks to garbage), and non-refundable glass monthly, for curbside homes. Frequency can change around statutory holidays.
  - Source: [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058, s. 5.1, 5.2](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)
  - Official wording: "Green Waste collection once per week;" … "Recyclables collection every other week for all units serviced door-" … "Garbage collection every other week for all residential units serviced" … "Residential Segregated Glass collection once per month for all" … "is subject to change from time to time due to statutory"
  - Source: [2026 Waste Collection Schedule](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574)
  - Official wording: "Collected every other week" … "Collected weekly" … "Collected monthly" … "Recycling and garbage are collected on alternate weeks"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Finding your day:** Find your collection zone (Monday to Thursday zones) on the zone map in the City's 2026 Waste Collection Schedule, or use the free PoMobile app for reminders the night before. Call 604.469.4574 with questions.
  - Source: [2026 Waste Collection Schedule](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574)
  - Official wording: "See map find your zone." … "M T W TH = Waste collection zones."
  - Source: [Garbage and Recycling, Waste collection schedule](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/)
  - Official wording: "Download PoMobile – our waste collection schedule and reminder app!" … "Get an email or push notification the night before your waste collection day."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Carts:** Standard garbage cart is 120 L; owners can upsize to 240 L (one-time $60 administration fee plus a pro-rated disposal charge) or downsize to 120 L at any time at no charge. Recycling: 120 L or 240 L cart. Green waste: one, two or three 240 L carts. Glass: a 53 L bin. Report lost or damaged carts to 604.469.4574.
  - Source: [Garbage Collection, Upsizing/Downsizing/Lost or damaged cart](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/garbage-collection/)
  - Official wording: "Home owners can upsize their garbage cart from the 120L standard issue to a 240L cart. A one-time $60 administration fee is charged for upsizing your cart" … "there are no administrative charges to downsize your cart." … "Please email us or call 604.469.4574 to report a lost or damaged garbage cart."
  - Source: [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058, s. 4.2, 4.9](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)
  - Official wording: "Maximum of one (1) 120 litre or 240 litre garbage collection cart." … "One (1), two (2), or three (3) 240 litre Automated Collection" … "One (1) 53 litre Glass Bin for Residential Segregated Glass."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Setting carts out:** Put carts out unlocked after 5:30 a.m. and before 7:30 a.m. on collection day, at or near the road or lane, wheels to the curb. Bring them in right after collection, by 8 p.m., and re-lock. Store garbage and green carts locked in a garage, enclosure or side or rear yard, not the front yard unless the General Manager authorizes it.
  - Source: [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058, s. 8.1, 6.1(h)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)
  - Official wording: "after 5:30am and prior to 7:30am on designated collection days" … "Shall remove all Collection Carts and Glass Bins from the street or" … "and by no later than 8:00pm on designated collection days;" … "Under no circumstances may" … "a Collection Cart be stored at or in a front yard" … "a Collection Cart be stored at or in a front yard unless deemed necessary and authorized in writing by the General Manager."
  - Source: [2026 Waste Collection Schedule, On your waste collection day](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574)
  - Official wording: "Point it – put wheels against the curb or just off" … "Space it – leave at least one arm’s length of space"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Limits and extra garbage:** Carts must be set out with the lid fully closed and within the weight limit marked on the cart; no extra bags are collected. Bring large quantities to the United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre; large items can be collected pay-per-use by Waste Connections of Canada Inc. (604.525.2072, pay when booking).
  - Source: [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058, s. 6.1(n), 6.1(o)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)
  - Official wording: "Set out only the amount of waste that will fit into a Collection Cart" … "with the lid closed and so as not to exceed the weight limit specified" … "Dispose of excessive Solid Waste at the appropriate waste facility;"
  - Source: [2026 Waste Collection Schedule, About our waste collection program](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574)
  - Official wording: "no extra bags are collected." … "Contact Waste Connections of Canada Inc. at"
  - Source: [Garbage Collection, Large quantities of garbage; Large item collection](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/garbage-collection/)
  - Official wording: "You can bring large quantities of garbage to the United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre." … "Pay Waste Connections of Canada Inc. at time of booking."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Fee:** 2026 annual utility for a single-family home with a 120 L garbage cart and one 240 L green waste cart: garbage $144, waste management $62, green waste $299, glass $16 (a 240 L garbage cart is $248). Billed annually in advance. (Sources differ: Fees Bylaw says charges are due the last business day of February, with a 5% penalty after that and a second 5% after March 31; the older Solid Waste Bylaw (s. 9.1) says due the last day of March with a 5% penalty after. The later Fees Bylaw schedule is followed. Two green carts: $449. Second utility (double carts) with two 120 L garbage carts: $288 garbage, $124 waste management, $598 green, $32 glass.)
  - Source: [Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524 (consolidated PDF), Operations, 2026 Solid Waste Annual Collection Fees](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=669753)
  - Official wording: "With 120L Garbage Cart and 240L Green Waste $144 $62 $299 $16" … "With 240L Garbage Cart and 240L Green Waste $248 $62 $299 $16" … "The flat rate charges shall be billed annually, in advance"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** City of Port Moody Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058 (fees in the Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524)
  - Source: [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058, s. 1.1](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)
  - Official wording: "This Bylaw may be cited as “City of Port Moody Solid Waste Bylaw," … "2016, No. 3058”."
  - Source: [Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524 (consolidated PDF), Title](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=669753)
  - Official wording: "City of Port Moody Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

The City of Port Moody runs curbside collection under its [Solid Waste Bylaw](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956). Garbage and recycling are collected every other week on alternate weeks, green waste weekly and glass monthly. Find your zone (Monday to Thursday) on the map in the City's waste collection schedule brochure, or use the free PoMobile app for reminders the night before. Questions: 604-469-4574.

## Steps

1. Put carts out unlocked after 5:30 a.m. and before 7:30 a.m. on collection day, at or near the road or lane, wheels to the curb.
2. Keep the lid fully closed and the cart within the weight limit marked on it. No extra bags are collected.
3. Bring carts in right after collection, by 8 p.m., and re-lock them.
4. Store garbage and green carts locked in a garage, enclosure or side or rear yard, not the front yard unless the General Manager authorizes it.

## Good to know

- Carts: garbage is 120 L; you can upsize to 240 L (one-time $60 administration fee plus a pro-rated disposal charge) or downsize to 120 L at any time at no charge. Recycling comes in 120 L or 240 L; green waste in one, two or three 240 L carts; glass in a 53 L bin.
- Large quantities go to the United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre. Large items can be collected pay-per-use by Waste Connections of Canada Inc. (604-525-2072; pay when booking).
- Municipal tickets can apply for setting carts out before 5:30 a.m. or leaving locks unlocked on non-collection days.
- The Fees Bylaw says utility charges are due the last business day of February, with a 5% penalty after that; the older Solid Waste Bylaw says the last day of March. Confirm on your bill.
- Collection times vary week to week, and it may not happen until 8 p.m. in some circumstances.

## Official forms and pages

- [2026 Waste Collection Schedule (PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574)
- [Garbage Collection page](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/garbage-collection/)
- [Solid Waste Bylaw No. 3058 (PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection.md)
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- [Anmore](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/anmore/garbage-collection.md)
- [Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coquitlam/garbage-collection.md)
- [New Westminster](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-westminster/garbage-collection.md)
- [Port Coquitlam](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-coquitlam/garbage-collection.md)
- [Burnaby](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/burnaby/garbage-collection.md)

## Sources

- [2026 Waste Collection Schedule (PDF), City of Port Moody](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/get?docnumber=663574) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Garbage Collection, City of Port Moody](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/garbage-collection/) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Garbage and Recycling, City of Port Moody](https://www.portmoody.ca/resident-services/garbage-and-recycling/) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Solid Waste Bylaw, 2016, No. 3058 (PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=581956) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Fees Bylaw, 2025, No. 3524 (consolidated PDF)](https://www.portmoody.ca/eDocs/Get?docnumber=669753) (read 2026-11-05)

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