Halifax Recycles vs CBRM Solid Waste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halifax Recycles
Access collection schedules and reminders for recycling, organics, and garbage in Halifax Regional Municipality. Stay informed about your pickup calendar and receive timely notifications directly through the app.
- Recycling schedules
- Organics collection calendar
- Garbage pickup reminders
- Collection notifications
- Halifax Regional Municipality specific
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Recycling, organics and garbage collection schedules and reminders for Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. View your recycling, organics and garbage calendar, schedule and receive collection notifications all from within this app.
CBRM Solid Waste
This app provides curbside collection schedules for garbage, blue bags, and green carts. Receive timely reminders to ensure your waste is picked up on the correct day.
- Garbage collection schedule
- Blue bag collection schedule
- Green cart collection schedule
- Curbside collection reminders
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Curbside collection schedule and reminders for CBRM Solid Waste. View your garbage, blue bag and green cart collection schedule and receive curbside collection reminders from this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Halifax Recycles at 69 against CBRM Solid Waste's 4. Halifax Recycles also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). CBRM Solid Waste's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CBRM Solid Waste holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Halifax Recycles has 69 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Halifax Recycles's written reviews are positive against 91% of CBRM Solid Waste's.
Halifax Recycles ships an update every 3 months, CBRM Solid Waste every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Halifax Recycles | CBRM Solid Waste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (69 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.9% of reviews | 90.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Halifax Regional Municipality | Cape Breton Regional Municipality |
Customer experience
Halifax Recycles
CBRM Solid Waste
Bugs and requests
Halifax Recycles
Reported bugs
8 issues- App freezes on opening
- Blank, frozen screen upon opening
- Display is enlarged, difficult to navigate
- App crashes when clicking links
- App crashes when hitting special event dropdowns
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- App doesn't load correctly, options not functional
- App stays on opening screen or crashes immediately
- Nothing loads except the picture of garbage, buttons not clickable
Requested features
4 requests- Expand specific recyclable question section
- Add info on compostable codes
- Local collection events for chemicals in HRM
- Suggestions for missing items to be added
CBRM Solid Waste
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Halifax Recycles
No in-app purchases
CBRM Solid Waste
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Halifax Recycles free?
Is CBRM Solid Waste free?
Which has better reviews, Halifax Recycles or CBRM Solid Waste?
Do Halifax Recycles or CBRM Solid Waste have ads?
Which is updated more often, Halifax Recycles or CBRM Solid Waste?
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