{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003156",
 "municipality": "Queens",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 13 - Solid Waste Management",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-11-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.regionofqueens.com/~documents/route%3A/download/516/",
   "summary": "Regulates solid waste collection and management within the Region of Queens Municipality; first reading 12 Nov 2025, second reading 27 Nov 2025.",
   "capture_sha256": "4892d9e5df2d3ceeb28e0f4a9480737a897846ab244c29ce627b4d5a1b7bb3ac",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4892d9e5df2d3ceeb28e0f4a9480737a897846ab244c29ce627b4d5a1b7bb3ac.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Once every two (2) weeks commencing at 8:00 a.m.",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Maximum 6 containers (clear bags) for residual waste per collection cycle per eligible premises; aggregate total volume limit of 2 cubic metres for all waste per eligible premises per collection day",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Non-collectible: explosive/combustible materials, bio-medical waste, carcasses of animals that died of reportable disease, electronic waste, hazardous waste, household hazardous waste, transient waste, liquid waste, soil/rock/stumps, construction/demolition materials (except as special waste), road-use tires, septic pumpings, radioactive materials, contaminated soil, industrial waste, human/animal excrement (except pet litter/diapers), lead-acid batteries/propane tanks, landfill-banned materials"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 4",
    "sorting_required": "ss. 12–21",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 20; s. 28",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 2 bb. i–xix"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/queens/garbage-recycling/text-4892d9e5df2d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/queens/garbage-recycling/"
}