{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003170",
 "municipality": "Yarmouth",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "waste_collection",
 "label": "Garbage & recycling",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Solid Waste Resource Collection and Disposal Bylaw (TOY 21)",
   "category": "waste_collection",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/town-hall/bylaws/1800-solid-waste-resource-bylaw-1/file",
   "summary": "Town of Yarmouth bylaw regulating solid waste collection and disposal. Effective July 10, 2006, last amended March 13, 2025. Governs separation, storage, placement, and collection of waste.",
   "capture_sha256": "b2b4c4e97e7689d01e79219c5b2334d9c5b73f7af0203110db170da4fda75c6c",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b2b4c4e97e7689d01e79219c5b2334d9c5b73f7af0203110db170da4fda75c6c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "collection_schedule": "Garbage/organics every 14 days; recyclables every 7 days; metals/appliances last Friday monthly; waste wood first Friday monthly (Apr-Nov).",
    "sorting_required": true,
    "container_or_bag_limit": "Garbage max 25kg/bag; recyclables max 15kg/bag; organics in green cart max 100kg; leaves max 20 bags; branches max 5 bundles.",
    "accepted_or_banned": "Banned from landfill: organics, cardboard, tires. Not permitted for collection: hazardous waste, sharps, asbestos, industrial waste."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "collection_schedule": "s. 4.24(a), s. 4.24(b), s. 4.24(c)",
    "sorting_required": "s. 4.28",
    "container_or_bag_limit": "s. 4.40(e), s. 4.40(f), s. 4.40(g), s. 4.40(h)",
    "accepted_or_banned": "s. 4.01, s. 4.41"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-town/garbage-recycling/text-b2b4c4e97e76/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/yarmouth-town/garbage-recycling/"
}