Garbage & recycling — Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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

District municipality of Yarmouth has 1 adopted bylaw on file, verified against the original document on 2026-06-05.

Solid Waste Resource Collection and Disposal By-law S-088-24 adopted bylaw
sorting required True 6.13.1
container or bag limit Residual: max 5 bags per collection day (max 15kg each); Recyclables: max 5 bags/containers per collection day (max 15kg each); corrugated cardboard bundles max 20kg, max 60cm x 60cm; compostable organics in organics cart (max 100kg load); brush bundles max 15kg, max 1.2m, max 5cm diameter 6.14.1.7, 6.14.1.9, 6.14.1.10, 6.14.1.1(g)
accepted or banned Banned from disposal: redeemable beverage containers, newsprint, used tires, corrugated cardboard, waste paint, steel/tin food containers, HDPE #2, LDPE #4, compostable organics, household hazardous waste; also sharps, pathological waste, asbestos, septic waste, hot ashes, dead animal carcasses >10kg, industrial waste 6.1, 6.15.1
scout note

Provides for and regulates the solid waste management program in the District of Yarmouth; effective March 27 2024.

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