About RRFB Nova Scotia

Resource Recovery Fund Board Inc. (RRFB Nova Scotia) is a non-profit corporation working in partnership with Nova Scotians to improve the province’s environment, economy and quality of life by reducing, re-using, recycling and recovering resources. Recognized globally as an innovator in waste diversion solutions, RRFB Nova Scotia manages a network of 83 independently owned Enviro-Depots throughout the province. As a leader in Nova Scotia’s waste diversion efforts, RRFB Nova Scotia delivers education and awareness programs, partners with industry to develop and implement stewardship agreements, and promotes innovation through the development of value added manufacturing.

RRFB Nova Scotia's Mission Statement

To work with Nova Scotians to improve our environment, economy and quality of life by reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering resources.

Five mandates of RRFB Nova Scotia:

  • Mandate 1 - Fund municipal waste diversion programs across the province
  • Mandate 2 - Operate a deposit and refund system for beverage containers
  • Mandate 3 - Develop and implement voluntary industry stewardship agreements
  • Mandate 4 - Develop education and awareness programs
  • Mandate 5 - Promote the development of value-added manufacturing

Past Annual Reports

Strategic Plan

About Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is a small province on Canada’s Atlantic coast, with a population of approximately 944,000. The province is a peninsula, with all but a tiny portion of its border being ocean coastline. Nova Scotia’s economy is based primarily in community, business and personal services, finance, insurance and real estate, government services, tourism, retail and manufacturing, and resource industries such as forestry, agriculture and the fishery.


Map of Nova Scotia