November 2020 As the rains are settling in, we are finally slowing down at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot. Although we are in the midst of a global pandemic things are pretty much as usual when it come to the amount of waste that we have recycling that we have been transferring from our depot. Although we scaled back in the months from May to June, we have been much busier ever since the middle of June. It seems that the pandemic has not slowed down the consumption of consumer goods and we have been shipping one 40-foot roll-off bin of recycling every week ever since June. As well have been shipping one 40–foot roll-off bin of regular household waste of the island.
We want to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their recycling efforts during these times. We are still practicing physical distancing protocols and are regulating the traffic flow here at the depot and we very much appreciate everyone’s participation. Our free store volunteers and recycling committee have been working hard to prepare a Free Store Reopening plan. As this article is being this Free Store Reopening plan is being reviewed by our regional district and we hope that we will be able to perform a “Soft Opening” before this year is over. Stay tune for more information as it become available.
As we are now preparing our budget for 2021 for November’s HIRRA membership budget meeting we are realizing how different a year 2021 will be as we have to consider COVID-19 protocols. An increase in wages due to covid protocol seems to be unavoidable next year. Also are we increasing the waste pick up frequency of our beach access point in the shoulder season next year to accommodate the increase of the park’s usage. We encourage everyone to participate in the budgeting meeting this November 11, 2020. This will be a ZOOM meeting and if you are interested in attending please make sure to request an invite from the HIRRA administrator at office@hirra.ca.
We would like to remind you again that we reintroduced the sale of Waste Tickets at $2 each in a book of 10 for $20.00 exact change or via INTERAC. They can of course be redeemed for depositing your waste at the depot and another reminder for everyone 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.
Another reminder for everyone that when depositing drywall please ensure that you have your waste disposal application filled out “before” you arrive at the recycling depot. The waste disposal application should be downloaded and printed at https://recycling.hirra.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dry-Wall-Waste-Disposal-Application-March-2017.pdf. Please note that due to the current covid protocol in place we are not handing out these forms.
Finally, we want to thank everyone who has been at the recycling depot these past months and has participated in our physical distancing protocol. Thank you so much. We know that sometimes the wait times prolonged your stay and we very much do appreciate your patience and commitment to the recycling cause.
See you up on depot hill.
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