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Prevent Fires By Recycling Your Batteries
Lithium-ion batteries have caused an increasing number of fires on garbage trucks, landfills and recycling facilities. Lithium batteries are flammable when damaged or exposed to extreme temperatures. Two major fires happened recently in the recycling facility which manages recyclables from our area. The waste site at 908 Mullock Road in Whynott’s Settlement also suffered extensive damage from a fire in January of this year.
Remembrance Day Collection & Waste Site Closure
Waste will not be collected Monday, November 11 in the Town of Bridgewater and the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg.
Collection will take place Saturday, November 9 instead in the Town and Municipality. The Recycling Centre will be closed November 11. Questions? Call (902) 543-2991.
NEW: Light Recycling Program & Battery Recycling Program
Two new stewardship programs were introduced in Nova Scotia this summer. These items will be banned from landfill starting January 1, 2025.
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
Fall Leaf & Yard Waste Collection
Town of Bridgewater: November 9 - 15 Collected on your regular collection day. Collection for November 11 will take place on November 9.
Town of Mahone Bay: Monday, November 18 Entire Town collected on this day.
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed is considered an invasive species in Nova Scotia. For more information, visit the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council website: https://nsinvasives.ca/
Recycle Your Old Tires
Four tires are accepted at a time, at any tire retailer, free of charge. Tires must be off the rim and mud free.
Tires aren't collected curbside. More information about the provincial tire recycling program.
Do you know where your septic waste goes after it’s pumped?
It’s processed at the Septage Treatment Plant in Whynott’s Settlement.
Waste items that you may be putting in your toilet or sink can interfere with processing.
Bears & Waste Storage
Dept. of Natural Resources & Renewables: When bears come into a residential area they're usually looking for food. Bears like to eat many of the same foods we enjoy, so we need to be careful about how we handle food and food waste to minimize the odours that attract bears.
When a bear smells food odours coming from a green cart, garbage container, or even a barbecue, the bear regards this as a convenient source of food and it will return to the site again and again. Not only is this annoying for us, it means the bear will become dependent on people for food and may become invasive and destructive. Bears can smell food over 1 km away.
Read about what attracts bears: https://novascotia.ca/natr/wildlife/living-with-wildlife/bear/attracts.asp