Garbage & Recycling

A garbage bin outside a house on a residential street in the autumn.

Garbage collection update and current collection schedule

Due to the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George strike impacting the landfill, the garbage collection schedule has moved to Tuesday - Saturday. The schedule will change due to Remembrance Day. 
 
  • No collection - Tuesday, November 11 (stat holiday)
  • Yellow zone - Wednesday, November 12
  • Red zone - Thursday, November 13
  • Green zone - Friday, November 14
  • Orange zone - Saturday, November 15
  • Blue zone - Tuesday, November 18
This rotation will continue until the RDFFG job action changes, or another statutory holiday occurs. Solid waste staff will work Tuesday to Saturday for the duration of the strike. The Foothills Landfill is operated by the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George. The regional district has committed to keeping the landfill open from Tuesday to Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get more information.
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Garbage collection

Garbage collection and evacuation zones

As part of local emergency preparedness, the City of Prince George has established evacuation zones that match the residential garbage collection zones. Note that where a boundary between two colours follows a street, the boundary runs down the centre of the street. Areas of the City that do not have garbage collection are identified as evacuation zones A, B, C, and D.

A map of the garbage collection and evacuation zones

Online Garbage Schedule

Do not overfill the cart and please remember to place recycle containers 2 meters from garbage cart.

What's an RFID and why does my garbage cart have one?

RFID - or radio frequency identification - tags use radio frequency technology to track objects. These tags are often used on airline luggage, tickets, or retail store items. The RFID tag attached to your cart doesn't change how you use your cart or alter the way the carts are put out on collection days.

What the tags do is make our collection routes more efficient, which reduces our carbon footprint. Functioning tags also reduce the odds of us missing carts on collection days and help keep recyclables out of our landfills.

Privacy concerns

The City collects photos of household garbage cart infractions such as overflowing carts, which do not meet the City of Prince George Garbage Collection Regulation Bylaw No. 7661, 2004. These photos are collected under the authority of section 26(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The information collected through the RFID tags is stored by the City on a secure server and any captured personal content such as people or vehicles is blurred out to protect privacy.

If you have questions about the collected photos please contact us at 3-1-1 (or 250-561-7600 outside city limits).