Garbage & recycling — Cumberland, Nova Scotia

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

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

Solid Waste By-Law 18-02 adopted bylaw
sorting required True s. 3
container or bag limit not more than four (4) bags for residual waste; compost cart required for organics s. 8(3), s. 8(5)
accepted or banned Prohibited: hazardous waste, hospital and pharmaceutical waste, asbestos, septic waste, dead animals, tires s. 8(8)
fee part of the municipal residential property tax; or separate charge for non-taxable properties s. 10
scout note

Governs solid waste collection and disposal in the Municipality of Cumberland, Nova Scotia. Amended by By-Law 21-08.

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