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Natal Day Collection Changes
  • There will be no residential garbage, recycling or green cart collection on Monday, August 2. 

  • Residents with Monday collection are advised that material will instead be picked up on Saturday, July 31.

    • Collection can start as early as 7 am.  Residents may place material curbside the evening prior.
  • Otter Lake Facility will be CLOSED Monday, August 2.
    • OPEN Saturday, July 31, 7 am to 7 pm.
  • HRM Recycling Plant will be CLOSED Monday, August 2.
    • OPEN Saturday, July 31, 7:30 am to 6 pm
  • HHW Depot will be CLOSED Saturday, JUly 31.  Please view the operating schedule for the next open date.

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SPECIAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE

DROP OFF EVENT

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Mic Mac Mall Lower Parking Lot

9 am to 4 pm Rain or Shine

This event is open to residents of HRM only.  No business waste is permitted.  For more info, visit our HHW information page.

The permanent depot at 20 Horseshoe Lake Drive will also be open that day.  See the operating schedule for other days.
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Are you ready to 'retire' your old fridge, freezer or dehumidifier?


You may be eligible for a limited time offer from Nova Scotia Power where they would pay $10 to $35 to 'Pull the Plug' on your old appliance. They will even come to your home and take it away to be be have the CFC's removed and the appliance recycled.

Visit their website at www.nspower.ca or call 420-3467, toll free at 1-877-808-4549 for full details.

Weekly Summer Green Cart Collection

Friday, July 2nd to Tuesday, August 31st HRM residents in:

  • Halifax
  • Beechville
  • Lakeside
  • Timberlea
  • Herring Cove
  • Sambro Loop
  • Williamswood
  • Harrietsfield
  • Hammonds Plains area to Highway #103
  • Dartmouth
  • Cole Harbour
  • Westphal
  • Eastern Passage
  • Cow Bay
  • Bedford
  • Sackville
  • Beaver Bank
  • Kinsac
  • Fall River & area

are eligible for weekly green cart collection. This program will only be in effect July 2nd to August 31st.


Over the summer, eligible residents can place their Green Cart out for collection weekly, even if it’s not full.  Collection may begin as early as 7 am.  Residents may place their material curbside the evening prior to collection.


On completion of this summer service, collection returns to the regular 2 week green cart/garbage schedule. Please refer to the 2010 Organics Green Cart and Garbage Collection Schedule for more information.


Note: Garbage will continue to be collected on the regular bi-weekly cycle.


For information on Garbage limits or what goes in the Green Cart, please visit the links to those pages.


Curbside Give Away Weekend

The first HRM “Curbside Give Away Weekend” is over and many gently-used items put by the curb by their owner have been reclaimed by another as treasure.


HRM wants to thank residents who took part in the first Give Away event and did their part during Environment Week 2010 to find new homes for items that could be reused.


You can consider donating unwanted items to local charitable groups who recycle such items for fundraising efforts or groups such as the HRM Freecycle Network. If you feel the items should go in the garbage, wait for the regular collection day and put out at the curb at that time.

 

NOTICE - Increase in Waste Resource Disposal Feesnew

Notice is hereby given that effective June 1, 2010, the tipping fees for waste disposal and organics delivery at Halifax Regional Municipality’s Facilities will increase.

For Commercial waste disposed of at the Otter Lake Processing and Disposal Facility, the fees will increase from $115.00 per tonne to $125.00 per tonne. In the event the scales are inoperative, the fee will be $21.30 per cubic metre. The fee for loads of waste less than 100 kg (220 lbs) has not changed, and remains at $5.00 per load.

For Commercial organics delivered to either of the Composting Facilities (located at Gloria McCluskey Ave., Burnside and Evergreen Place, Ragged Lake), the fees will increase from $70.00 per tonne to $75.00 per tonne. In the event the scales are inoperative, the fee will be $12.75 per cubic metre.

 

Buying or Selling a House?
  • Remember, the mini-bin and green cart are assigned to the property - they stay even if you move.  Ask your real estate to include this as a condition in the purchase & sale agreement.  Be sure to inspect the bins to ensure they are undamaged. 
  • If your property was never assigned a cart or if it requires repairs, please call 490-4000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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