Garbage & recycling — West Hants, Nova Scotia

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

Regional municipality of West Hants has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Solid Waste Management By-law RS-001 adopted bylaw
collection schedule bi-weekly; collection commences at 7:00 am 13(c), 13(a)
sorting required True 6(f)
container or bag limit Residual: max 5 bags per unit per collection day; Recyclables: max 10 regulation bags per collection day; 1 organics cart; 1 bulky item (max 75kg) per collection day; 1 brush bundle (max 25kg, max 4ft); 1 cardboard bundle (max 22kg, max 1ft x 2ft x 3ft); max 6 paper bags leaf/yard waste 9(1)(a)(i)-(ix)
accepted or banned Non-collectable waste prohibited: liquid waste, combustible/explosive materials, pathological waste, trade waste, hazardous waste, sheet iron/large scrap metal, septic waste, radioactive materials, soil/rock/stumps, industrial waste, manure, lead-acid batteries, propane tanks, provincial landfill ban materials 3. DEFINITIONS s. 34
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Governs collection, disposal, and management of solid waste (garbage, organics, recyclables, leaf and yard waste) across the Regional Municipality. Consolidated from earlier predecessor by-law.

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