Garbage & recycling — St. Mary's, Nova Scotia

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

District municipality of St. Mary's 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 3.0
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 4.1(c)(i), 4.1(d)(i)
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) 2.3, Schedule B
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Solid Waste-Resource Management By-law of the Municipality of the District of St. Mary's (circa 2010).

Machine-readable: garbage-recycling.json · Official website: http://www.saint-marys.ca/ · Last verified 2026-06-05 · Garbage & recycling in other municipalities