Waste Collection

The Waste Collection Calendar includes the Municipality's waste collection schedule as well as provides relevant information about recycling, composting, important events and closure information.

View route descriptions and maps to determine on which day and week your waste collection falls.

In the event of a storm, listen to CKBW or call the Kaizer Meadow Environmental Management Centre at (902) 275-2330 or the Public Works Department at (902) 275-1312 in case collection is cancelled. If cancelled, remove your waste from curbside to prevent it from being buried by the snow plow. Weather permitting, your collection will take place the Saturday immediately following your regularly scheduled day.

 

To view the Waste Collection By-law, please click here.

The Municipality of Chester has a four-stream waste collection program: organics (green cart), recyclables (transparent bag), recyclable paper (separate transparent or grocery bag), and garbage (one black, rest transparent bags). Whether you are a resident, business owner or hosting an event, the Municipality requires that waste be separated for collection.

The Municipality can assist with the development and implementation of a recycling program as well as offer good information to educate groups or individuals on how to effectively green events.

In addition, we have several three-stream waste stations that they lend to groups free-of-charge. They consist of three carts (organic, recycle, and garbage) on a stand complete with bags and signs.

The Resource Recovery Fund Board of Nova Scotia (RRFB Nova Scotia) offers a Community Sponsorship Grant (pdf or MS Word) to community groups who qualify. Additional funding or subsidies are also offered from time to time through various sources - call the Solid Waste Department at 275-2330 to see if any are available.

The Municipality has an assortment of waste containers that are either free or offered at a subsidized rate. Containers include organics containers of various sizes, blue bins, indoor three-stream stations, and backyard composters. Please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to request one.

Many products we use are hazardous and should not be thrown in the garbage. Below are some examples of household hazardous waste (HHW) that we accept at the HHW Depot, located at Kaizer Meadow Environmental Management Centre.

• paint**
• thinners, varnish, solvents, stains
• fluorescent lights, including cfl's
• fertilizers, bleaches and stump removers
• herbicides and pesticides
• propane tanks and cylinders
• wood preservatives
• batteries**
• cleaners and degreasers

**leftover paint and batteries can also be taken to Adam's ENVIRO-Depot™

 

DO NOT BRING THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE HHW DEPOT:

• business, industrial and institutional waste
• bio-medical waste or pharmaceuticals
• contaminated soil
• excessive amounts of material
• PCB's, radioactives or explosives
• ammunition or firearms
• asbestos
• unidentified material
• waste generated outside the Municipality
• compressed gas cylinders (oxygen, acetylene, helium, etc.)

 

 

NOTE:  The HHW Depot is for residential customers from the Municipality of the District of Chester only.

On October 1, we started our "Clear Bag for Garbage" program and our new bag limit. Please know that each household can still put ONE BLACK GARBAGE BAG out for collection. Any garbage bags over and above ONE BLACK BAG must be clear (with no colour). Also, our sorting and recycling program is UNCHANGED.

Please continue to separate your garbage like you always have. Continue to use blue bags for recyclables if you like. Continue to put your paper in a grocery bag if that's what you are used to doing. Continue to compost as usual.

The new bag limits are 6 GARBAGE, 10 RECYCLABLE BAGS, 1 COMPOST CART.

If you have some difficulty sorting your garbage or have any questions about using clear bags, please contact us by calling 275-2330 or 275-5321.

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Background

In response to new legislation introduced by the Province of Nova Scotia, has opted a clear bag waste collection program.

The Municipality must, by law, decrease their per capita waste by 2015. The target that the Province has set is 300 kg per person per year. Currently, the Municipality sits at approximately 330 kg/person/year; whereas, the average for the Province is 430 kg/person/year. Therefore, we need to decrease our waste by 10%. The least expensive and most effective method for the Municipality is to implement a program such as clear bag for garbage. That means residential and commercial garbage is put in transparent (or clear) bags instead of opaque (black, green, brown, etc.).

Although clear bags are prevalent across Nova Scotia, this is a program that is new to our Municipality. With a program such as this, there are some frequently asked questions as well as questions that may be only answered through contacting the Municipality. Please call us at 275-5321 with any questions that you may have and we will be happy to help.

If this new goal is met prior to the 2015 deadline, and the Municipality can remain at or under the target, the Resource Recovery Fund Board will provide an incentive that will assist the Municipality in offsetting the cost of processing increased recyclables and compost that will come as a result of a clear bag program.

In conjunction with this initiative, the Municipality is also introducing changes to their bag limit. The new bag limits will be six for garbage (including one “privacy” opaque bag) and ten for recyclables.

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For a more detailed description of our program, please click here. If you have any questions, please call Kaizer Meadow Environmental Management Centre at 275-2330 or the Municipality at 275-5321. You may also send inquiries to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .