Summer is over and we want to thank all our patrons who visited the recycling depot this summer and participated in the physical distancing recycling protocol that is currently in place. It was interesting to note that even though we are in the midst of a pandemic and our free store is closed, the summer of 2020 was an extremely busy one for the Hornby Island Recycling Depot. We were open Thursdays through Sundays and had an average of 100 to 120 patrons daily. Additionally, we serviced all of our commercial customers on Mondays. We consistently shipped one roll off bin of recycling weekly and often two. As every summer we shipped an average of 2 to 4 waste bins off the island.
We will be switching back to regular ours and will be open Fridays trough Sundays from 9am till 1pm after the labour day weekend. Our “commercial and large volume customers with accounts” day will return to Thursdays from 9am till 1pm.
We would like to take the opportunity to thank Lawrence Maude, also known as Lawrence the painter, for applying a protective sealant on the marvellous and fantastic mural tank Tessa Mythos painted for us. This protective sealant will extend the life of the artwork considerably.
This month our free store volunteers are meeting to discuss the reopening of the free store. They will be working on safety protocols to ensure their safety and procedures to help stopping the spread of the Corona virus. As more information develops, we will inform everyone.
We would like to remind everyone again that our prices for waste disposal have increase from $1.75 for a small bag to $2.00 and from $3.75 for a medium bag to $4.00. The price for a large bag remains at $6.00.
We would like to remind everyone that when depositing drywall please ensure that you have you waste disposal application filled out before you arrive at the recycling depot. The waste disposal application can be downloaded and printed at https://recycling.hirra.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dry-Wall-Waste-Disposal-Application-March-2017.pdf.
For your convenience, we are now selling Waste Tickets at $2 each in a book of 10 for $20.00 exact change or via INTERAC. They can be redeemed for depositing your waste at the depot.
We are following the direction of the Ministry of health and will be updating our COVID protocol accordingly. We are working on a way to bring the recycling station back into the recycling building this fall. We are busy installing a plexiglas separation wall in the building that will protect our staff and enable to let the patrons do their recycling inside the recycling building, protected from the weather.
We would like to thank our summer staffers Nate Evans and Jason Long for helping us out this summer and also our full-time staffers Phil Bailey, Scot Hardy, Scott Sweeney, and Colleen Work for a tremendous job they all did during this COVID summer.
See you up on depot hill
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