Through the Environment Act and the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA), the Nova Scotia Government is committed to maintaining a goal of 50% waste diversion and to reach a target for waste disposal of 300 kilograms per person per year (kg/per/yr) by the year 2015.
The 50% diversion target was added to the Environment Act in 1996. The 300 kg/person target forms one of the goals of EGSPA (April 2007). The new target will require a significant reduction in waste disposed compared to the 2006 Statistics Canada disposal rate for Nova Scotia of 430 kg/per/yr or the fiscal 2008 provincially calculated disposal rate of 429 kg/per/yr.
Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) will achieve these goals through measures that include the development of new programs, research and development and product stewardship regulations.
- Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy - 1995 Final Report (PDF: 962k)
- Thinking Outside the Landfill - Consultation Paper (PDF: 733k)
- Stakeholder Workshop on Renewal of Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy (PDF: 59k)
- Renewal of Nova Scotia’s Solid Waste Resource Management Strategy - 2009 Consultation Summary Report (PDF: 1.7mb)