Lunenburg Regional Community Recycling Centre

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Waste Reduction Week: Swap, Share, Thrift & Repair

Waste Reduction Week takes place October 20 - 26 this year.

You can celebrate by entering the Gifted Thrifter Contest for a chance to win a thrifting experience for two! Simply fill out the form on the Divert NS website and upload a #fitcheck photo of your favourite thrifted outfit. Limit of one entry per person for the entire contest period.

The deadline for submissions is October 26 at midnight. A randomly selected winner will win a $500 thrifting gift card and $50 café gift card. Read more about textile waste and the contest.

Let’s get thrifty with it!

Fall Leaf & Yard Waste Collection

Town of Bridgewater: November 8 - 14 Collected on your regular collection day. Collection for Nov. 11 will take place on November 8 instead.

Town of Mahone Bay: Monday, November 17 Entire Town collected on this day.

Collection Guidelines for Towns:

RFP 2025 - 006 Supply & Installation of Weigh Scale Software

The waste site at 908 Mullock Road in Whynott’s Settlement is seeking solutions for new weigh scale software to serve its customers and stakeholders, while improving reporting capabilities and retaining historical material information. Direct questions about this request for proposals (RFP) to Jim Gomm, Waste Site Manager at . Deadline for submissions is November 5, 2025.

The RFP package is available at:https://procurement-portal.novascotia.ca/tenders/202506

Fall Curbside Electronics Collection

Three electronic items will be collected per household on these dates:

Municipality of Lunenburg: September 29 - October 10, on your regular collection day*

Town of Mahone Bay: October 6, entire Town collected

Town of Bridgewater: October 20 - 24, on your regular collection day

*Collection on Tancook Islands has been postponed due to crane repairs on the ferry. An update will be provided.

Tancook Islands Waste Collection Update: October 14, 2025

Tancook Islands Ferry crane repairs have been completed.

Residents of Big and Little Tancook Islands are advised that the scheduled wood and metal collection will continue for households which didn't receive collection before crane repairs were carried out. Items will be collected curbside on Big Tancook Island on October 15, 2025. Residents on Little Tancook Island may take their wood and metal items to the wharf for collection. Regular household waste will be collected as usual.

Electronic waste pickup will begin October 22.

For more information, call the Waste Hotline at 1-855-530-3324.

NEW: Clothing Donation Bin

NEW! Drop off clothing donations at 908 Mullock Road in Whynott’s Settlement.

Wetsuit Recycling Program

The ARK, with support from Divert NS, has launched a Wetsuit Recycling Program.

The goal is to remove wetsuits from Nova Scotia landfills, where they can take over 100 years to decompose. Clean, dry wetsuits, booties and gloves are accepted. Each wetsuit will be repaired or repurposed into new products and remaining scraps will be shredded for use as pillow stuffing, etc.

NEW: Light Recycling Program & Battery Recycling Program

Battery Recycling Program

Recycling batteries keeps harmful chemicals out of the environment, prevents waste facility fires and ensures they are made into new batteries.

Accepted Products:

A, AA, AAA, C, D and 9-volt batteries
Button and coin batteries (used in hearing aids, watches, musical greeting cards)
Rechargeable battery packs from power tools (under 5 kgs)
E-bike and E-scooter batteries

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