{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003148",
 "municipality": "Mahone Bay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Management By-law (By-law Number 46)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-05-26",
   "document_url": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/solid_waste_management_bylaw_may_2022.pdf",
   "summary": "Provides for the separation, storage, placement, collection, and transportation of solid waste resources in the Town of Mahone Bay under the Mahone-Jollimore Solid Waste Board.",
   "capture_sha256": "e030cd2494e08bdad0e2044f4cbed18f2353d92d1b970e74e8ce673fdfbac6c3",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e030cd2494e08bdad0e2044f4cbed18f2353d92d1b970e74e8ce673fdfbac6c3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Recyclables once every two (2) weeks; organic materials, bulky waste and residual waste on the alternating week",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Maximum combination of six (6) bags or bundles... one may be a green cart along with no more than two (2) bulky waste items",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned: electronics, household hazardous waste, construction materials, tires. Accepted: organics, recyclables, residual, bulky waste."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "COLLECTION 1), 2)",
    "sorting_required": "CONTAINER REGULATIONS FOR ORGANIC MATERIALS 14)",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "WASTE COLLECTION RESTRICTIONS 28)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "DEFINITIONS 3(t)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/garbage-recycling/text-e030cd2494e0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/mahone-bay/garbage-recycling/"
}