{"title":"Ucluelet garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","question":"When is garbage collected in Ucluelet, and what are the rules for carts, limits, and extra bags?","slug":"garbage-collection","place":{"path":"ca/bc/ucluelet","name":"Ucluelet","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"garbage-and-recycling","name":"Garbage, recycling and waste"},"owner":"shared","owner_label":"More than one level of government","owner_body":null,"short_answer":"In Ucluelet, the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District runs curbside collection through a contractor. Organics are picked up weekly, and recycling and garbage on alternating weeks. Find your day by typing your address into the Waste Wizard Calendar on the District's Garbage & Recycling page.","aliases":["garbage day ucluelet","garbage pickup ucluelet","recycling pickup ucluelet","garbage cart ucluelet"],"cost":"Billed by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD), not the District; the annual amount is not stated on the pages read. Extra garbage tags: $2 each under the District bylaw.","how_long":"Carts go out on collection day only, between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m., and come in by 10 p.m. that day.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Waste Wizard Calendar (District Garbage & Recycling page)","value":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/"},{"type":"phone","label":"ACRD garbage and recycling billing","value":"250-720-2700"},{"type":"phone","label":"Ozzard Environmental (collection contractor)","value":"250-266-6166"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/"},{"title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"yard-waste","title":"Ucluelet yard waste collection and drop-off","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ucluelet/yard-waste/"},{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Ucluelet backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ucluelet/backyard-fire/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/tofino","name":"Tofino","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/tofino/garbage-collection/"},{"place":"ca/bc/port-alberni","name":"Port Alberni","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/port-alberni/garbage-collection/"},{"place":"ca/bc/cumberland","name":"Cumberland","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/cumberland/garbage-collection/"},{"place":"ca/bc/courtenay","name":"Courtenay","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/courtenay/garbage-collection/"},{"place":"ca/bc/qualicum-beach","name":"Qualicum Beach","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/qualicum-beach/garbage-collection/"},{"place":"ca/bc/comox","name":"Comox","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/comox/garbage-collection/"}],"topic":{"title":"Garbage collection in British Columbia: frequency, limits and fees by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/garbage-collection/"},"facts":{"frequency":{"label":"How often","value":"Single-family homes and dwellings of four or fewer units: organics weekly; recycling (blue cart) and garbage (black cart) on alternating weeks (ACRD Sort'nGo program).","short":"Organics weekly; garbage, recycling alternate weeks","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","section":"Garbage & Recycling page","quotes":["Residents will also receive a new uniform (blue) recycling cart and (black) garbage cart, which will be collected on alternating weeks."]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 5.2","quotes":["The residential garbage collection service shall be provided every week."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"},"sources_differ":"The District bylaw (s. 5.2) says residential garbage service is every week and names the District as provider; the District page says the Regional District runs collection through a contractor on alternating weeks. The same page still says strata properties, trailer parks, apartment buildings with three or more units and commercial properties with a residence are not in the curbside program, and \"Curbside recycling pickups are Wednesdays, every two weeks\", which looks out of date."},"collection_day":{"label":"Finding your day","value":"Type your address into the Waste Wizard Calendar on the District's Garbage & Recycling page to download your schedule. Ozzard Environmental (250-266-6166) is the collection contractor named on the page.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","section":"Garbage & Recycling page","quotes":["Type your address into the Waste Wizard Calendar below to download your Garbage and Recycling Schedule.","Ozzard Environmental Tel: 250-266-6166"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"carts":{"label":"Carts","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"not_published","note":"Cart sizes and how to replace a cart are not stated on the pages read.","sources":[]},"set_out":{"label":"Setting carts out","value":"Put carts out only on collection day, between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. (the Wildlife Attractant Bylaw says 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.), beside the road in full view; take them in by 10 p.m. that day. Keep lids locked at all other times.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 5.6(b)","quotes":["no earlier than 5:00 a.m.","and no later than 8:00 a.m. on the regularly scheduled day for collection"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/83018/1390%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Wildlife%20Attractant%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Wildlife Attractant Bylaw No. 1390, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 3(4)","quotes":["set out for collection only on the designated day of collection between 6:00 AM and 08:00 AM","removed from the collection location by 10:00 PM on the designated day of collection"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","section":"Garbage & Recycling page","quotes":["placing carts roadside between 5am-8am"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"},"sources_differ":"The Garbage Collection bylaw (s. 4.6, 5.6) and the District page say 5 a.m.; the Wildlife Attractant Bylaw No. 1390 says 6 a.m. The Wildlife Attractant copy posted is unsigned (\"ADOPTED on MONTH, DAY, 2026\")."},"limits":{"label":"Limits and extra garbage","value":"The District bylaw, written for household receptacles before the ACRD carts, allows two garbage receptacles per dwelling (up to 18 inches across, 30 deep, 44 pounds loaded); extra ones need a $2 garbage tag. The District page does not say whether tags still apply to the black cart.","short":"2 receptacles; extra need $2 tag","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 5.3","quotes":["The maximum number of garbage receptacles that is included in the","residential garbage collection service is two (2) receptacles per dwelling","maximum diameter of eighteen inches","The District imposes a charge of $2.00 for each garbage tag"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 6.1(b)","quotes":["The District imposes a charge of $2.00 for each garbage tag"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 5.5","quotes":["All garbage intended for collection and placed in residential garbage"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fee":{"label":"Fee","value":"Garbage and recycling bills come from the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD), not the District. Pay the ACRD (250-720-2700) before December 31; unpaid amounts move to your property tax account. The annual amount is not stated on the pages read.","short":"Billed by ACRD; amount not stated","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","section":"Garbage & Recycling page","quotes":["please call the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) at 250-720-2700"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","section":"Garbage & Recycling page","quotes":["Residential garbage & recycling is collected by the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District through a private contractor"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/public-notice/public-notice-garbage-utility-bill-payments/","title":"Public notice: Garbage Utility Bill Payments, District of Ucluelet","section":"Public notice: Garbage Utility Bill Payments","quotes":["pay your fees directly to the Alberni Clayoquot Regional District before December 31st","These bills are not sent by the District of Ucluelet."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"District of Ucluelet Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026; Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot Garbage and Recyclable Materials Collection Bylaw R1021, 2008","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 1","quotes":["Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw","No. 2007, 2026"]},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/83018/1390%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Wildlife%20Attractant%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Wildlife Attractant Bylaw No. 1390, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","section":"s. 2 (Collection Contractor)","quotes":["Collection Bylaw R1021, 2008, the Regional District of Alberni-Clayoquot,"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":7,"stated":6,"matched":6,"none":0,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nSingle-family homes and dwellings of four or fewer units get three carts: organics, recycling (blue) and garbage (black). Organics are picked up weekly, and recycling and garbage on alternating weeks, under the ACRD's Sort'nGo program, according to the District's [Garbage & Recycling page](<https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/>). Strata properties, trailer parks, apartment buildings with three or more units and commercial properties with a residence are not in the curbside program.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Type your address into the Waste Wizard Calendar on the District's Garbage & Recycling page and download your schedule.\n2. Put carts out beside the road, in full view, on collection day only, between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m.\n3. Bring them in by 10 p.m. that day, and keep lids locked at all other times.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Sources differ. The District's [Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026](<https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf>) says residential garbage service is every week and names the District as provider, but the District page says the Regional District collects on alternating weeks. The District's page also still says \"Curbside recycling pickups are Wednesdays, every two weeks\", which may be out of date. Confirm with the District Office, 250-726-7744.\n- The 5 a.m. set-out time is in the garbage bylaw and on the District page. The [Wildlife Attractant Bylaw No. 1390, 2026](<https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/83018/1390%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Wildlife%20Attractant%20Bylaw.pdf>) says 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Using 6 a.m. satisfies both.\n- The garbage bylaw, written before the carts, allows two garbage receptacles per dwelling (up to 18 inches across, 30 inches deep and 44 pounds loaded), and extra ones need a $2 garbage tag. The District page does not say whether tags still apply to the black cart.\n- Cart sizes and how to replace a cart are not stated on the pages read. The Wildlife Attractant Bylaw says to contact the collection contractor to repair a damaged container.\n- Bills come from the ACRD, not the District. Pay the ACRD (250-720-2700) before December 31; unpaid amounts move to your property tax account.","sources":[{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/services/home-property/garbage-recycling/","title":"Garbage & Recycling, District of Ucluelet","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/84293/2007%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Garbage%20Collection%20_%20Regulation%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Garbage Collection & Regulation Bylaw No. 2007, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ucluelet.civicweb.net/filepro/document/83018/1390%20Bylaw,%202026%20-%20Wildlife%20Attractant%20Bylaw.pdf","title":"Wildlife Attractant Bylaw No. 1390, 2026 (PDF), District of Ucluelet","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://ucluelet.ca/public-notice/public-notice-garbage-utility-bill-payments/","title":"Public notice: Garbage Utility Bill Payments, District of Ucluelet","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 6 of 7 facts was matched to the official text; 1 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ucluelet/garbage-collection/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ucluelet/garbage-collection.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/ucluelet/garbage-collection.json"}}