Recycling 101

Get familiar with recycling best practices and why they matter.

Beverage Container Recycling Program

Learn how you can return your beverage containers.

Used Passenger Tire Program

Get a grip on what you can do with your used tires.

Sorting Guides

Understanding what goes where and when.

Find Your Nearest Enviro-Depot™︎

With more than 77 locations across Nova Scotia, there’s an Enviro-Depot™ closer to you than you think. Use the search below to find depots in your community.

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Our 2025-2030 Strategic Plan Focus Areas

Divert NS has developed a strategic plan to guide management and board priorities for the next five years. PowerUp Leadership was engaged to lead discussions and facilitate consultations with key stakeholders in the development of the plan. Click here to learn about the five focus areas that will direct Divert NS' efforts to improve our environment, economy, and quality of life by reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering resources in Nova Scotia. 

2025 Climate Change: No Time to Waste Summit

On March 20 - 21, Divert NS hosted a follow up event to our “Waste and the Climate: A Strategic Conversation” summit. The follow-up summit, titled “Climate Change: No Time to Waste,” built on topics explored in the first summit and provided practical tools to help bridge the gap between the waste and climate sectors.

EPR Oversight Fee Consultation Webinar

Divert NS hosted a webinar for producers about the fee setting process for EPR for PPP Oversight on March 19, 2025. During the webinar, Divert NS shared key principles for fee setting, the components of cost recovery and proposed fee rates. Watch the webinar here.
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Making a splash with the newly refreshed Divert NS Ocean Action Zone at the Discovery Centre

Located inside the Discovery Centre’s Murphy Ocean Gallery, the newly refreshed Divert NS Ocean Action Zone gives visitors the opportunity to explore how trash gets into our oceans, the impact of ocean pollution, and inspiring ways to create change.  

Transforming Nova Scotia’s old tires into construction blast mats

For many years, Halifax C&D has been using end-of-life tires recycled in Nova Scotia to produce tire derived aggregate (TDA) at its processing facility located in Goodwood, NS. The TDA is used in a variety of construction projects ranging from filter beds to highway construction. 

The Winners of the Community Heroes School Bottle Drive Contest

Congratulations to all of the winners ! The number of bottles collected and returned throughout the contest totalled 187,103! That's almost $15,000 going towards schools in Nova Scotia including our awards. Thank you to everyone who participated and helped to keep Nova Scotia clean by recycling responsibly.
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2024 Mobius Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 Mobius Awards of Environmental Excellence winners! On November 13, 2024, Divert NS hosted the 24th annual Mobius Awards of Environmental Excellence Gala at the Halifax Convention Centre to recognize and celebrate innovative Nova Scotians who are leaders in environmental action and waste reduction. 

 
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Clean Leadership Summer Internship: 2024 Waste Management Cohort

Following the launch of their internships at the annual Clean Leadership Professional Development Conference, the 2024 Clean Leadership Waste Cohort has successfully completed another season with their host employers. 

Community Heroes School Bottle Drive Contest

Divert NS is awarding a total of $5,000 in cash prizes to primary and secondary students and schools in Nova Scotia for organizing a bottle drive in their community!
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Animals Don’t Litter: How Inverness is Using Signage to Prevent Littering

The Municipality of the County of Inverness has partnered with Celtic Shores Coastal Trail Association to install eye-catching anti littering signs at three trail heads in Inverness County. 
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Waste Reduction Week

October 21 - 27, 2024 is Waste Reduction Week! For over 20 years, Divert NS has been celebrating Waste Reduction Week in Canada. Waste Reduction Week happens each year in October during Circular Economy Month. By focusing our efforts on extending the life of our products and materials through swapping, sharing, thrifting, and repairing, we are reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill and contributing to the circular economy.
Keynote speaker Dr. Jiaying Zhao

Tickets for the 24th Annual Mobius Awards Gala are now available

Join Divert NS, emcee Jeff Douglas (CBC's Mainstreet), and keynote speaker Dr. Jiaying Zhao (leading behavioral scientist at UBC), as we recognize and celebrate Nova Scotia's leaders in environmental action, waste diversion, and recycling.