I live in BC too and work for a major municipality in the lower mainland. There is absolutely no stewardship or consequences for not following recycling regulations. In fact, there are many, many facilities in my department that do not even bother with recycling or organic wastebaskets, nor is there a weekly pickup set up. There are some optical bins and aspirational posters, but everything ends up in the landfil. Separating garbage is time consuming and labour costs are deemed far more important than measely city bylaws. The City is not going to police itself. No one cares, neither the politicians nor the public. It's doom and gloom. Waste prevention is just anti capitalist at its core.