Garbage & recycling — Bathurst, New Brunswick

When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?

City of Bathurst has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-07.

By-Law No. 2014-06 — By-Law Respecting Garbage and Recycling Collection and Waste Disposal in the City of Bathurst adopted bylaw
collection schedule once every two weeks, alternating with the collection of garbage s. 2(a)
sorting required True "No garbage container shall contain recyclable materials"
container or bag limit Not more than 1 (one) Container will be collected at any one Dwelling House on any collection day s. 2(c)
accepted or banned Appendix A: Paper, metal, plastic #1,2,4,5,7 accepted. Glass prohibited in blue bin. Hazardous waste banned. Appendix A
scout note

Governs residential garbage and recycling collection in Bathurst, NB, using large wheeled roll-out carts (grey for garbage, blue for recycling); sets weight limits of 250 lb (113 kg), placement rules, and waste disposal requirements. Enacted 18 August 2014.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: http://www.bathurst.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-07 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities