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Recycling in Nova Scotia
Learn more about Nova Scotia’s enhanced recycling system.
Your recycling program
New regulations in Nova Scotia shift the financial and operational responsibility for recycling from municipalities to the organizations that produce and sell packaging and paper.
Circular Materials is the producer responsibility organization that will be responsible for implementing and managing the new extended producer responsibility recycling system for packaging and paper in Nova Scotia.
The transition to this new framework will take place on December 1, 2025.
Program resources
Program-related resources and information.
Transition timeline
The timeline for Nova Scotia’s transition to full extended producer responsibility is outlined below.
Consultation information
Find out more about Nova Scotia’s transition to extended producer responsibility.
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