Residents can recycle more

Posted on:
December 1, 2025

A new enhanced recycling system in Nova Scotia is making it easier than ever for residents to recycle. Beginning December 1, 2025, more of the regular household items you use can be recycled using Victoria County’s curbside collection service.

Some of the newly accepted items include:

• Bread and freezer bags
• Deodorant and toothpaste tubes
• Frozen juice containers
• Hot and cold beverage containers

Along with the expanded list of recyclable materials, residents can now place up to six blue bags per household out for curbside recycling collection.

“With this new system, recycling will be consistent across the province making it easier for everyone to recycle,” said Warden Jackie Organ. “For residents in Victoria County, curbside collection will still be picked up by our municipal waste and recycling staff. The only difference for residents is that now you can recycle more items and place more blue bags at the curb.”

Recycling more materials using curbside collection services will reduce the amount of waste going to our landfills.

Residents can download the accepted materials list or visit Circular Materials Recycling in Nova Scotia to learn more about the expanded program and how to recycle correctly.

Residents can also expect an updated waste and recycling sorting guide for Victoria County in mailboxes soon.

Recycling Depots

The type of materials that are accepted at our two recycling depots in Baddeck and New Haven is also expanding to include:

• foam packaging
• flexible plastics
• aerosol containers

Before you bring these materials to a depot, they must be clean and dry and sorted by material type in clear blue or transparent bags.

Download the depot guide and depot recycling material list.

Need help? Reach out to our Solid Waste Educator anytime.

Morgan MacInnis  
Solid Waste Educator 
morgan.macinnis@victoriacounty.ca 

Background

Nova Scotia’s transition to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is happening to shift the cost and responsibility of recycling away from municipalities and residents and onto the companies that produce packaging and paper products.

Starting December 1, 2025, producers (brand owners, manufacturers, retailers) will be legally responsible for funding and managing the collection and recycling of the packaging and paper products they place on the market. Circular Materials is representing brand owners and managing these obligations on their behalf.

This requirement comes from the  Packaging, Paper Products and Packaging-like Products Materials Management Standards under the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act (EGCCRA).

Related Links

• Introducing Nova Scotia’s New Recycling System
• Circular Materials (Recycling in Nova Scotia)
• Accepted material list (curbside and depot)
• Accepted material list for depots only
• Deport recycling guide