{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003160",
 "municipality": "St. Mary's",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.saint-marys.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://www.saint-marys.ca/policies-bylaws/178-solid-waste-resource-management-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Solid Waste-Resource Management By-law of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's (circa 2010).",
   "capture_sha256": "3dbf1cb7453dffed77932af9625f7b44009bcf698b6b9cd57cd4ca767101a434",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3dbf1cb7453dffed77932af9625f7b44009bcf698b6b9cd57cd4ca767101a434.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Residual waste: clear bags approx 35in x 47in; each may include one privacy bag max 20in x 22in; weight limit 23kg per container. Recyclables: unmarked transparent blue bags approx 25in x 35in; weight limit 23kg",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned from disposal: beverage containers, corrugated cardboard, newsprint, used tires, lead-acid batteries, leaf/yard waste, waste paint, compostable organics, steel/tin food containers, glass food containers, LDPE/HDPE plastic bags (per Schedule B)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sorting_required": "3.0",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "4.1(c)(i), 4.1(d)(i)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "2.3, Schedule B"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/st-mary-s/garbage-recycling/text-3dbf1cb7453d/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/st-mary-s/garbage-recycling/"
}