Garbage & recycling — Colchester, Nova Scotia

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

County municipality of Colchester has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Solid Waste By-law – Chapter 33 adopted bylaw
sorting required True s. 22(1)
container or bag limit not more than six (6) bags and/or containers; compostables shall be placed for collection in organics carts s. 30(6), s. 30(10)
accepted or banned hazardous waste, sharps, pathological waste, asbestos, septic waste, hot ashes, dead animal carcasses larger than 10 kg, industrial waste s. 32
scout note

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.

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: https://www.colchester.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities