Garbage & recycling — Pictou, Nova Scotia

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

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

Solid Waste Resource Management By-Law adopted bylaw
sorting required True s. 4.1
container or bag limit Organics cart for eligible premises; residual cans max 20 kg, bags max 15 kg; recyclable bags max 15 kg s. 1.20, s. 5.4.1.1, s. 5.4.3.1, s. 5.4.3.2
accepted or banned Burning waste banned except brush, tree limbs, milled wood; Landfill ban on provincially regulated materials s. 3.3, s. 3.4
scout note

Municipality of the County of Pictou bylaw governing collection, source separation, and disposal of solid waste and recyclable materials within the county.

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