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| Batteries |
Lead Acid
Note: All provincial Enviro-Depots and most scrap metals dealers accept lead-acid batteries.
Rechargeable (3 Listings)
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| Beverage Containers |
See Enviro-Depots |
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| Biodegradable Bags (1 Listings) |
Note: Many composting facilities do not accept biodegradable bags. Please contact your municipality to determine if they are acceptable in your area. |
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| Building Materials (used) |
see Consrtuction and Demolition Debris, Recyclers & Reusers
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| Cardboard |
See Materials Recovery Facilities |
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| Composting |
Education Specialists (2 Listings)
Note: Most waste haulers and environmental consultants can offer composting information services
Equipment (15 Listings)
Note: Most hardware stores and gardening centres sell backyard composters and tools.
Most haulers of organic materials supply collection bins and/or carts. Please contact individual haulers for more information.
Facilities (16 Listings)
Services (3 Listings)
Worm Composting (1 Listings)
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| Construction and Demolition Debris Disposal Sites (Private) (8 Listings) |
Note: Most landfills have sites for accepting construction and demolition debris (see Landfill Sites) |
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| Construction and Demolition Debris Recyclers & Reusers (Building Materials - Used) (18 Listings) |
Note: Some companies that demolish and/or dismantle buildings also recycle and reuse building materials. |
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| Corrugated Cardboard |
See Haulers, Material Recovery Facilities or Enviro-Depots (Some Depots have separate operations to collect and/or process cardboard from the business sector. All Depots will accept residential cardboard)
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| Education - Solid Waste (5 Listings) |
See also Composting - Education Specialists |
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| Glass Recycling |
See Material Recovery Facilities
See Haulers
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| Hazardous Materials Management (6 Listings) |
i.e. Those materials that have traditionally gone to municipal disposal sites.
Note: This list is limited to only those companies that deal with hazardous waste that has entered the waste stream. For other companies please refer to your Yellow Pages.
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| Landfill Sites (19 Listings) |
Visit: http://www.gov.ns.ca/enla/emc/wasteman/ to obtain more details on each site.
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| Material Recovery Facilities (16 Listings) |
Also see Haulers - some haulers collect and process recyclable materials
Also see Enviro-Depots - some Enviro-Depots have separate businesses to process recyclable materials.
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| Milk Cartons |
See Material Recovery Facilities
See Haulers
Note: Milk cartons are acceptable in all municipally sponsored curbside collection programs. Call your municipality to determine if your business can place its recyclable materials at the curb.
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| Oil Disposal and Recycling |
See Hazardous Waste or Oil Filters |
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| Paint (used) (1 Listings) |
Note: All Enviro-Depots now accept leftover consumer paints. |
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| Paper (1 Listings) |
See also Material Recovery Facilities (private and public)
See also Haulers - Some haulers collect and process recyclable materials
See also Enviro-Depots - Some Enviro-Depots have separate businesses to process recyclable materials from non-residential sources. All Enviro-Depots accept newspaper and cardboard from the residential sector
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| Plastics (4 Listings) |
See also Material Recovery Facilities (private and public)
See Haulers - Some haulers collect and process plastics.
See Enviro-Depots - Some Enviro-Depots have separate businesses to process plastics.
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| Propane Tanks (3 Listings) |
See also Household Hazardous Waste Depots or Hazardous Materials Managment |
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| Provincial Regional Waste Reduction Coordinators (9 Listings) |
Note: Coordinators can provide specific information on waste resource management activities within their regions.
To get the contact information for municipal coordinators Click Here
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| Recycling Centres/Services |
See Material Recovery Facilities |
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| Recycling Equipment/Systems (10 Listings) |
Note: Some retail stores, office supply companies, and restaurant equipment and supply companies carry containers for the collection of paper, bottles, cans, etc. and food waste (see your yellow pages).
Source Separation Containers
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| Scrap Metal (36 Listings) |
Also see Landfill Sites - most sites have an area for metal waste products.
Also see Enviro-Depots - some Enviro-Depots have separate scrap metal businesses.
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| Steel/Tin Cans |
See Material Recovery Facilities or Haulers |
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| Waste Removal |
See Haulers |
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| White Goods (1 Listings) |
(e.g. stoves, washers, dryers) - Recycling
See Landfill Sites (All disposal sites accept white goods)
See Scrap Metal
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