{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003155",
 "municipality": "Port Hawkesbury",
 "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.townofporthawkesbury.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Management Bylaw",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-02-04",
   "document_url": "https://townofporthawkesbury.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SOLID-WASTE-MANAGEMENT-BYLAW.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Port Hawkesbury bylaw regulating source separation, blue-bag residual waste, recyclables placement, collection times, and container limits; repeals and replaces 2006 solid waste bylaw.",
   "capture_sha256": "a185f95feac353b483287d9c3b2cc90eb065c124e4529ab67ffe6a61a92addae",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a185f95feac353b483287d9c3b2cc90eb065c124e4529ab67ffe6a61a92addae.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Max 6 residual waste bags, 6 recyclable bags per dwelling unit; compostables require Town-approved wheeled cart.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Landfill banned: beverage containers, newsprint, tires, cardboard, paint, organics, electronics. Burning banned except brush/wood."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "s. 4.1",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 5.1.5, 5.1.6, 5.4.2(a)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 3.3, 3.4, 3.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/garbage-recycling/text-a185f95feac3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/port-hawkesbury/garbage-recycling/"
}