The mandate of the Waste Management Committee is:

1. to advise and make recommendations to Council concerning waste management activities in the Town of Antigonish;
2. to gather information on best practices regarding the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste, organics, recyclables, household hazardous waste and bulky waste;
3. to educate the public on waste management issues;
4. to take other steps consistent with this policy that the committee reasonably deems necessary to carry out its mandate;
5. to take action on such matters as are lawfully delegated to it by statute or by Council.