{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003153",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "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://munpict.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Resource Management By-Law",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/Bylaws-downloads/Solid-Waste-Resource-Mgmt.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of the County of Pictou bylaw governing collection, source separation, and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials within the county.",
   "capture_sha256": "355bbb6b179553335aa5a48c5e17ab3ee2c8c36cff5c21607a838a121f516b40",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/355bbb6b179553335aa5a48c5e17ab3ee2c8c36cff5c21607a838a121f516b40.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Organics cart for eligible premises; residual cans max 20 kg, bags max 15 kg; recyclable bags max 15 kg",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Burning waste banned except brush, tree limbs, milled wood; Landfill ban on provincially regulated materials"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 4.1",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 1.20, s. 5.4.1.1, s. 5.4.3.1, s. 5.4.3.2",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 3.3, s. 3.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/garbage-recycling/text-355bbb6b1795/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/garbage-recycling/"
}