Garbage & recycling — Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

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

Town of Mahone Bay has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Solid Waste Management By-law (By-law Number 46) adopted bylaw
collection schedule Recyclables once every two (2) weeks; organic materials, bulky waste and residual waste on the alternating week COLLECTION 1), 2)
sorting required True CONTAINER REGULATIONS FOR ORGANIC MATERIALS 14)
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 WASTE COLLECTION RESTRICTIONS 28)
accepted or banned Banned: electronics, household hazardous waste, construction materials, tires. Accepted: organics, recyclables, residual, bulky waste. DEFINITIONS 3(t)
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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.

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