Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Curbside Compliance

Curbside Non-Compliance Visits

To tackle curbside non-compliance in the community, the Solid Waste Constable and the Solid Waste Education Coordinator are visiting neighborhoods following an area's collection day to see if uncollected or tagged waste materials have been removed from the curb.   Residents are responsible for removing any garbage or blue bags that have been left uncollected or tagged following their collection day.  This material can not be left sitting at the curb.

To reduce unsightly litter created from uncollected garbage and blue bags becoming ripped or torn random neighborhood visits are being completed across the municipality.   

Residents are reminded any materials not removed from the curb following their collection day, must be removed from the curb.  Please contact the solid waste department if your unsure of why your materials may have been missed or did not get collected.  You can phone (902) 577-1337 or 311.

Non-compliant properties are being visited to remind the residents/tenants living at these properties, that tagged or uncollected bags must be removed from the curb following collection the area's collection day.

The Solid Waste Constable and Solid Waste Education Coordinator are also using this opportunity to discuss why bags were left behind uncollected.  We are knocking on the door of properties with bags still remaining at the curb to speak to resident and providing them with an information package.  

A note is left on the package advising of the visit to request the household remove the bags from the curb. If no one is home,  the information is left in the mailbox.  This work began March of 2024.

 Curbside Non-Compliance Sticker

An orange sticker was created to stick on the envelopes we have been leaving behind during curbside non-compliance visits. If there is additional information that is required for a civic address, will also be included on the information left for residents.