All Things Valley Waste
Valley Wastes operates two Transfer stations.
What are Lawrencetown and Kentville?
The average lifespan of a TV is 12 years. It cannot be put curbside but can be brought here.
What is Valley Waste?
Once made of ivory, today they're made of plastic & weigh 5 1/2 to 6 ounces; rack 'em up!
What are billiard balls?
This is the best option for your used clothing.
This is the number one contamination issue in compost.
What is plastics?
If you find yourself in need of a green cart you can visit this place.
What is the Administrative office/Kentville office?
Smashed plates, knives, and broken glass cannot go into your clear garbage bags. Instead, we ask them to go in these.
What are labeled cardboard boxes?
Plastic containers for leftover food that are fit for a "party".
What is Tupperware?
This retailer offers a coupon for bringing in used clothing.
What is H&M or Value Village?
What fast food/takeout container cannot go in the green bin?
What is a coffee cup? Coffee cups are always plastic-lined. They are not waxed-lined like you may think.
There are two times during the year you can put out large household items.
What are spring and fall clean-up?
The number one cause of fires on garbage trucks and at the transfer station.
What are batteries?
This trademarked DuPont technology protects each fiber of a carpet to prevent stains; you might know it better from cookware.
What is Teflon?
One hundred percent cotton jeans decompose in this time frame.
What is one year?
One of our four-legged friends' waste can go in the green cart. The other cannot.
What is cat litter?
Remembrance day fell on a collection day. The alternate day is this.
What is Monday? Monday's are our alternate collection day-if Monday is not a holiday too.
This hazardous waste item can be recycled into the exact same product.
What is paint?
An 1890s bottle cap invented by William Painter was lined with this; plastic-lined ones appeared years later.
What is cork?
Encarta says clothes with a high content of this plastic fiber "became popular in the 1970s.
What is Polyester?
Canada ranks in what place on the global annual food waste per household?
What is first place?
Canadians throw away 79kgs.
UK at 77kgs
USA at 59kgs
These are free to drop off if you de-bag them.
What are leaves?
Fridges, air conditioners, and dehumidifiers contain this hazardous waste.
What is refrigerant?
Remembering the correct recyclable numbers can be tricky. There is now a helpful rhyme to remember it by.
1, 2, 5, 4: These are the ones you're looking for!
The average Canadian throws away a hefty amount of clothing each year.
What is 37kgs?
They may seem cold to you, but they might melt your green cart.
What are ashes?
Ashes are to be placed in a clean garbage bag beside your bin.