Antigonish County - Curbside/Roadside Collection of Garbage

Municipality of the County of Antigonish

Garbage Collection

Reduce - Reuse - Recycle - Compost - Exchange

Contact: Mike O'Leary, Director, Public Works
Contact: Daryl Myers, Landfill/Road Maintenance Supervisor
285 Beech Hill Road | RR 7 STN MAIN | ANTIGONISH NS B2G 2L4 | Canada
Phone: (902) 863-4744 | Fax: (902) 863-5751
E-mail: landfill@antigonishcounty.ns.ca

Solid Waste Management > Garbage Collection

For information on the new Clear Bag Program for Regular Garbage in the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, please click here.
In the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, GARBAGE is collected every week.
Residents are reminded that it is their responsibility to keep garbage/recyclable boxes clean and in usable repair.
During the winter months, it is extremely important to ensure that snow removal around the garbage/recyclable boxes is undertaken by the residents, to provide easy access for collection.

Holiday Schedule

Curb/Roadside Garbage Collection

Any items that are not deemed as being recyclable or compostable, and have not been banned from the landfill.
Some common items are:

ALL styrofoam (cups, plates, meat trays, packing materials, etc.)
plastics without a recycling symbol/number
lids, caps & covers from plastic and glass jars
metal fasteners & plastic bindings
lightbulbs
broken glass, ceramic & dishes
aluminum foil & plastic wrap
cereal & cracker box inserts
carbon paper
thermal fax paper
vacuum cleaner bags
floor sweepings
potato chip bags
candy & bar wrappers
hot/cold disposable drink cups
netted onion bags
wallpaper
hard book covers (remove pages and place in Recycle Bag 1 -- Paper Products)
petfood bag, with plastic liner (without plastic liner may be placed in green cart)
gift wrap
construction paper
colored tissue paper
old shoes and clothing
bathroom waste
disposable diapers
kitty litter & pet waste
contaminated paper products (i.e. empty detergent boxes, etc.)
EMPTY paint & aerosol cans
EMPTY motor oil containers

Excluding: HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE
Some examples of HHW include cleaning products, paint and solvents, oil and other lubricants, pesticides, herbicides, and pool chemicals. 'Empty' containers can go in with your regular household garbage.

Materials BANNED from Disposal Sites in Nova Scotia

For More Information:

For information on Collection of Recyclables in the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, please click here.

For information on Organics Collection in the Municipality of the County of Antigonish, please click here.

For information on Backyard Composting in Municipality of the County of Antigonish, please click here.

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