Nova Scotia·NewToothpaste tubes, deodorant and hand cream containers will be accepted in blue bag curbside recycling throughout Nova Scotia starting Monday.New regulations take effect MondayAnjuli Patil · CBC News · Posted: Nov 30, 2025 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Starting Monday, residents will be able to recycle the same materials everywhere in Nova Scotia. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)Toothpaste tubes, deodorant and hand cream containers will be accepted in blue bag curbside recycling throughout Nova Scotia starting Monday.Companies that produce, import or sell packaging and paper products are now responsible for the recycling program.”I’m very excited that across Nova Scotia, no matter where you are, you will be able to recycle the same things,” said Kirk Symonds, manager of education and promotion with Solid Waste Resource.More items will be allowed into blue bags and bins. Collection days stay the same.While items like foam packaging used for meat, candy wrappers and chip bags can still go in the trash bag, residents have the option to take that waste to a depot for recycling.”We want to put as little material in a landfill as we possibly can,” Symonds said.Symonds said the aim is to get people to embrace recycling more. “We’re not telling people they have to take things to the depots, but we’re strongly encouraging them to.”New items accepted in the blue bag curbside recycling include:Paper cups, including disposable paper hot and cold beverage cups.Paper bowls.Ice cream cartons.Cookie dough spiral cans.Frozen juice spiral cans.Potato chip spiral cans.Toothpaste.Deodorant.Hand cream containers.Bottles/pumps.Candy/gum containers.Pails.Garden pots.Seedings trays.The following items can no longer be accepted in the curbside recycling program:Books, which can be donated to community library boxes or thrift shops or could be shared with others to be reused.Pots and pans, which can be donated or taken to a scrap metal depot.The following items will be accepted at participating depot drop-off centres:Foam packaging, like meat trays and takeout containers.Flexible plastics like coffee and deli pouches, chip bags, bubble wrap, vacuum packaging, candy and snack wrappers and cereal liner bags.Non-hazardous aerosol cans, including food spray, hair spray, air fresheners and shaving cream.MORE TOP STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHORAnjuli Patil is a reporter with CBC Nova Scotia’s digital team.
Toothpaste tubes, disposable coffee cups can go in recycle bin soon
