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 "municipality_id": "gx-003142",
 "municipality": "Inverness",
 "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://invernesscounty.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 16 – Garbage Collection",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/By-Law-16-Garbage-Collection.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs garbage collection in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia.",
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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/f1756b235f6c29a7f8cda8e8a9d65a343a2cd78babc6a52f04a1cac91ea2f914.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "not less than once each week, on a day determined by the Municipality",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "garbage bags no larger than 30\" by 37\"; not more than four bags, 75 pounds combined",
    "accepted_or_banned": "No fluid consistency; excluded: wrecked vehicles, dead animals, garden refuse, furniture, construction waste",
    "fee": "based on an assessment basis and charged against each ratepayer"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 10",
    "sorting_required": "s. 15, s. 24",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 10, s. 19",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 20, s. 24, s. 25",
    "fee": "s. 9"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/inverness/garbage-recycling/text-f1756b235f6c/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 17 – Garbage Disposal",
   "category": "waste_collection",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://invernesscounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/By-Law-17-Garbage-Disposal.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs solid waste disposal in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/feb7ebd9f6192bf17728814af3dc095ee40bc7a2a6ae9788b360f0e9394fc94d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "accepted_or_banned": "Explosives, radioactive, toxic, corrosive, large building materials, animal carcasses, liquids, large metal, manure, septic waste, hot ashes, concrete, trees, biomedical, flammable wastes, pesticide containers."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "accepted_or_banned": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/inverness/garbage-recycling/text-feb7ebd9f619/",
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  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/inverness/garbage-recycling/"
}