Garbage & recycling — Truro, Nova Scotia

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

Town of Truro has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Solid Waste By-law (Amended Version Winter 2020) adopted bylaw
sorting required True s. 15(1)
container or bag limit Not more than six (6) bags and/or containers containing bags of residual garbage s. 23(6)
accepted or banned Prohibited: Hazardous waste, sharps, pathological waste, asbestos, septic waste, hot ashes, dead animals >10kg, industrial waste. s. 25
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Town of Truro solid waste by-law governing garbage and recycling collection, amended winter 2020.

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