{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003130",
 "municipality": "Bridgewater",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 203 - Solid Waste By-Law",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-council/town-by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/1904-chapter-203-solid-waste-replaces-chapter-127/file",
   "summary": "Town of Bridgewater solid waste bylaw (replaces Chapter 127) governing collection and disposal of garbage, recyclables and other municipal solid waste within the town.",
   "capture_sha256": "67a4c57ba57f7b107cef0e54e399d318f564ef5b9bfcf27894fa2172412da6d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/67a4c57ba57f7b107cef0e54e399d318f564ef5b9bfcf27894fa2172412da6d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Recyclables every 2 weeks; organics/residual alternating week; collection weekly",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Max 8 bags (6 residual); Max 2 green carts; Max 1 non-transparent bag; Green cart required for organics",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: explosives, hazardous waste, tires, electronics (except annual). HHW to depot. No burning."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 5, 6, 7",
    "sorting_required": "s. 18, 19, 20",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 20, 34, 36, 37",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 4(u), 80, 98"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/bridgewater/garbage-recycling/text-67a4c57ba57f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/bridgewater/garbage-recycling/"
}