Bulky waste collection will occur on your regular garbage day between May 25 and June 5, 2026. Not your recycling collection day.
You can check your collection day by entering your civic address in the Collection Calendar on the County website homepage or Eastern Region Solid Waste Management (ERSWM) website here, Collection Calendar
For general inquiries, please call (902) 863 – 5004 or (902) 863 – 1171
Bulky Waste Collection Guidelines
- Items for collection may only be placed at the road the night before your regular collection day. All items must be set out within 6 feet of the road by 7:00 a.m. on collection day.
- Only approved items will be collected. Any unaccepted items (listed below) must be removed promptly after collection has taken place on your road.
- Each household, including apartment buildings with three units or fewer, is eligible for roadside collection.
Individual items must not exceed 50 lbs or one cubic metre in size, with the exception of furniture and appliances. - Only one large item per household, for example, one fridge or one sofa.
- Maximum total waste accepted per household is not to exceed 330 pounds.
- Smaller items must be placed in clear bags or bundled for collection.
Please note, more than one truck will pass by your house collecting various materials, so please be patient as the collection takes place.
Items Not Collected
1. construction and demolition material;
2. car bodies, large car parts;
3. tires
4. trees, large branches or leaf and yard waste;
5. waste paint, waste oil or other fluids;
6. loose broken glass;
7. used batteries;
8. asbestos;
9. hazardous, reactive, septic or pathological waste;
10. dead animals;
11. refrigerators with attached doors (refrigerators must have doors removed);
12. waste placed in non-transparent bags (such as black, green or orange bags);
13. electronics waste such as desktop and laptop computers, keyboards, computer monitors, televisions, scanners, and printers (these materials should be taken to ACES at the Solid Waste Management Facility located on Beech Hill Road);
14. waste generated outside the Municipality;
15. waste placed in violation of Municipality of the County of Antigonish’s Solid Waste Management By-Law;
16. any other materials deemed unacceptable by the Municipality.
NOTE: All items with the exception of # 8 and #9 listed above can be disposed of at the Beech Hill Waste Management Facility.
