When is garbage and recycling collected? Are there bag limits or sorting rules?
In the Town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, collection schedule: Recyclables once every two (2) weeks; organic materials, bulky waste and residual waste on the alternating week; sorting required: True; container or bag limit: Maximum combination of six (6) bags or bundles... one may be a green cart along with no more than two (2) bulky waste items; accepted or banned: Banned: electronics, household hazardous waste, construction materials, tires. Accepted: organics, recyclables, residual, bulky waste.. Source: Solid Waste Management By-law (By-law Number 46), verified 2026-06-05.
Solid Waste Management By-law (By-law Number 46)
adopted bylaw
collection schedule
Recyclables once every two (2) weeks; organic materials, bulky waste and residual waste on the alternating week
COLLECTION 1), 2)
sorting required
True
CONTAINER REGULATIONS FOR ORGANIC MATERIALS 14)
container or bag limit
Maximum combination of six (6) bags or bundles... one may be a green cart along with no more than two (2) bulky waste items
Provides for the separation, storage, placement, collection, and transportation of solid waste resources in the Town of Mahone Bay under the Mahone-Jollimore Solid Waste Board.