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Region 6 Solid Waste Management supports litter clean ups by providing bags and gloves who want to make their communities cleaner.
Need a kit: angela.taylor@region6swm.ca
Want to register a clean up through the Great NS Pick-Me-Up, please visit: https://www.nsadoptahighway.ca/register-today/
Divert NS is offering up to $40,500 in scholarships to Nova Scotia Grade 12 students who have exemplified dedication in protecting our environment.
Deadline: May 10, 2026
Winners announced: June 2026
Circular Materials launched extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging and paper on December 1, 2025, marking a major milestone in modernizing the province’s recycling system.
You can add even more to your blue bag and paper recycling bag.
As of June 1, 2024 the Recycle my Electronics program is accepting small appliances. These items will no longer be accepted curbside and will have to be taken to an approved electronics depot.
The Nova Scotia program accepts lamps (lights) from all sectors: residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial, regardless of the brand. There is no charge to return accepting designated lights at any of the program’s return collection facilities, although quantity limits may apply.
As part of the Province’s efforts to expand the extended producer responsibility (EPR) program, starting July 1, 2024, Call2Recycle will operate a new government-approved consumer battery collection and recycling program.
Residents of the Region of Queens Municipality, Municipality of Shelburne, Town of Shelburne, Lockport, Clark's Harbour and Municipality of Barrington are asked to place paper & boxboard recycling into a separate blue bag from container recycling.
On Thursday, January 18th, 2024 the Community Recycling Centre faced a fire at their transfer station. These are usually caused by improper disposal of hazardous waste.
As of July 5, 2023, treated wood is banned from disposal at C&D debris disposal sites in Nova Scotia.
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Town of Bridgewater and Town of Mahone Bay have removed the allowance of compostable plastic bag liners for green compost carts. This change will take effect on November 1 2022.
Region 6 Educator, Angela Taylor was featured on Land and Sea episode aired January 9, 2022.
In 2021, Divert NS undertook a roadside litter audit at 75 sites across Nova Scotia. This survey provided a comprehensive review of litter accumulation to help expand our knowledge on litter types and occurrences.
These findings will be used to create a campaign that reminds Nova Scotians of the impacts of littering and to reduce littering behaviour. For more information, please click here
