{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
 "municipality": "Colchester",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.colchester.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste By-law – Chapter 33",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/3250-solid-waste-by-law-chapter-33-september-2020/file",
   "summary": "Regulates garbage, recycling and solid-waste collection in the Municipality of Colchester; sets collection rules, sorting requirements and related waste management standards. Dated September 2020.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a5748d137d51f6fad7388bb358d56b3ebd0ca0b3492190241c4f25919689db10.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "not more than six (6) bags and/or containers; compostables shall be placed for collection in organics carts",
    "accepted_or_banned": "hazardous waste, sharps, pathological waste, asbestos, septic waste, hot ashes, dead animal carcasses larger than 10 kg, industrial waste"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 22(1)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 30(6), s. 30(10)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 32"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/garbage-recycling/text-a5748d137d51/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/colchester/garbage-recycling/"
}