In order to reduce waste costs while helping the environment, many Nova Scotians have embraced the goals of the Province's Solid Waste-Resource Management Strategy, to reduce the quantity of waste requiring disposal by 50%. By composting, organic waste is turned into a product that enriches and enhances our soil. In the process, new jobs are created and new business opportunities are realized. In this way, everyone in the Province has the possibility of turning a problem into an opportunity.

The following benefits are realized by keeping these valuable materials out of disposal sites:
      - Fewer and safer disposal sites
      - Leachate reduction (landfill run-off)
      - Methane reduction (a global warming gas)
      - Job creation
      - A product to enhance soil (for growth of stronger, healthier plants)

For Green Cart replacement or repair contact:
Waste Check
309 Forest St
PO Box 577
Yarmouth Nova Scotia
B5A 4B6
Tel: 742-1312
Toll Free: 1-800-569-0039
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or click the link below:
http://www.wastecheck.com/greencarts_orders.html 

Green Cart Items:
Compostable food, yard waste & some paper:
Food
• Vegetable and fruit trimmings/peelings
• Raw, cooked or baked food leftovers
• Coffee grounds, filters, tea bags
• Solid dairy products, cheese, egg shells
• Meat, fat, bones, fish, shellfish/shells
• Bread, rice, pasta
• Table scraps
• Cooking oil and fat

Paper
• Paper towels
• Paper plates and cups (no Styrofoam)
• Paper bags (flour, sugar, pet food & potato)
• Soiled pizza boxes and fast food wrappers
• Wax paper
• Waxed cardboard (no milk cartons)
• Any office paper except thermal fax paper
• Non-recyclable boxboard containers with plastic liners removed (detergent boxes, frozen food boxes)
• Damp, soiled newspaper and flyers

NOTE: Some pet food bags & fast food wrappers are lined with plastic/foil and are garbage

Yard Waste
• Grass, leaves and brush
• House and garden plant waste
• Branches (3’ x 1”) - Tied in bundles and place alongside your green cart
• Excess leaf and yard waste can be placed alongside the green cart in clear plastic bags or heavy paper bags.

Other
• Sawdust and wood shavings