Reduction Visit www.pcwastemgmt.com or download the Pictou County Sorting Guide Solid Waste app for a complete listing of what goes where.

GREEN CART BLUE BAG 1 BLUE BAG 2 GARBAGE HOUSEHOLD ORGANICS RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS RECYCLABLE CLEAR BAGS HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW)

  Boxboard   All food waste All food Aerosol cans containers (cereal and (empty) cracker boxes  Cooking oil  All plastic bags  Potato chip and fat and wrap  Paper egg bags HHW materials can be cartons dropped off at the Pictou  All refundable  Hot and cold County Solid Waste Facility beverage drink cups  Newsprint and  Straws during regular hours. containers flyers

 Leaves, brush  Milk and juice  Paper and plants containers OTHER (shredded and  Foil gift wrap whole)  Styrofoam Electronics  Coffee filters  Magazines,  Broken glass and tea bags (safely - Many electronics can be catalogues, Broken  dropped off for . See Aluminum foil phone books Glass packaged, locations and accepted items and plates and paper placed beside  Soiled napkins at recycleMYelectronics.ca/ns back novels clear bag) and paper  Glass bottles Batteries towels  Diapers and jars  Envelopes - Drop-off at any Town or Municipal Office in Pictou  Cat litter County.  Tin/aluminum  Disposable food cans  Coffee trays wipes Clothes/Textiles  NO plastic bags (including - Donate old clothes, shoes and Use the Pictou those labelled “compostable”  Cardboard textiles. Visit afterwear.ca for or “biodegradable”)  NO paper County Solid (flattened) donation bin locations.  NO ashes  NO bottle caps Waste mobile and web app to see  NO glass or metals  NO plastic cutlery or straws Medications/Sharps  NO plastic what goes where  NO milk cartons  NO disposable cups - Return to pharmacy.  NO disposable cups and to receive collection and  NO diapers, wipes or  MUST be rinsed and clean - Pick up a safe sharps  MUST be clean and dry special event notifications. personal hygiene products www.pcwastemgmt.com container at the pharmacy. Waste Reduction Materials must be curbside before 7:00 a.m. Sorting Guide Additional Information to ensure collection

GREEN CART BLUE BAG 1 BLUE BAG 2 GARBAGE HOUSEHOLD ORGANICS RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS RECYCLABLE PAPER CLEAR BAGS HAZARDOUS WASTE (HHW)

Collected every two Collected every two Collected every two Collected every two Household hazardous weeks. weeks. weeks. weeks. waste is not collected curbside. New homes eligible for Transparent blue bags Transparent blue bags There is a 4 bag limit of the curbside collection of required. required. garbage per collection. HHW materials can be organics receive a green Each home may place 4 brought to the Pictou cart and mini-bin. There are no limits to the Do not mix recyclable clear bags of garbage at County Waste amount of recycling bags containers and paper in the curb for collection, Management Site Green carts remain at allowed. the same bag or it will be located at 220, Landfill your property if you stickered and left behind OR A COMBINATION OF: Road, Mount William move. Beverage containers can at the curbside. during regular business also be redeemed at a 3 clear bags & 1 solid hours. Weight limit of 100 kg local Enviro-DepotTM. Visit There are no limits to colour bag of garbage, (220 lb.) to ensure the www.divertns.ca for full the amount of recycling HHW materials can also cart is not damaged details and a list of bags allowed. OR A COMBINATION OF: be taken to special otherwise the locations. community events held equipment will not Corrugated cardboard: clear bags of garbage & throughout the year. empty it. Ensure materials are Boxes must be flattened paper bags of leaves, not clean prior to placing in and bundle to a size no exceeding 4 bags in total No business waste Branches tied in armload blue bags. larger than 3 feet by 2.5 accepted. sized bundles can be feet. Place bundles Apartment Residents: placed beside your green beside blue bags. If you live in an apartment Only residential cart for collection. The building where garbage is households within Pictou bundles must be a Ensure paper is clean placed in an outside County are eligible for maximum of 4 feet long. Questions? and dry. storage container, you are this free drop-off service. NOT permitted to use any Wrap wet organics in Visit: NO recyclables or solid colour bags. Material paper to help keep your www.pcwastemgmt.com organics are permitted in MUST be placed in clear cart clean. the garbage. bags. Or phone: If you cart is damaged, 902-396-1495 All garbage delivered to call 902-395-1495 to the Pictou County Waste arrange repair or Management Facility replacement. MUST be in clear bags.